Conform: parseSubmission vulnerable to CPU exhaustion when parsing many unique form fields
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-407.
Summary
Conform, a type-safe form validation library, allows the parsing of nested objects in the form of object.property. From 1.8.0 until 1.19.4, the parseSubmission future API in packages/conform-dom/formdata.ts repeatedly scans FormData or URLSearchParams entries by each unique field name. An unauthenticated attacker can submit a crafted form containing many unique names, causing excessive synchronous CPU work and denial of service in an application that passes the submission to parseSubmission. Applications should continue to enforce request parsing limits before invoking Conform. This issue is fixed in version 1.19.4.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| edmundhung | conform | 1.8.0 to before 1.19.4 | 1.19.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | @conform-to/dom (npm) | 1.8.0 to before 1.19.4 | 1.19.4 | Patch available | GHSA-525m-7f82-2mf7 |
- conform Vendoredmundhung Affected 1.8.0 to before 1.19.4 Fixed in 1.19.4 Patch available CNA
- @conform-to/dom (npm) Vendor— Affected 1.8.0 to before 1.19.4 Fixed in 1.19.4 Patch available GHSA-525m-7f82-2mf7
Remediation
- Fix · CNA conform (edmundhung) Fixed in 1.19.4
- Fix · GHSA-525m-7f82-2mf7 @conform-to/dom (npm) Fixed in 1.19.4 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-49250
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-525m-7f82-2mf7
References
More edmundhung vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-21738 Conform contains Prototype Pollution Vulnerability in `parseWith...` function CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-49250 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-49250 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-525m-7f82-2mf7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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