boringproxy 0.10.0 Resource Exhaustion DoS via GET /loading endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
boringproxy through 0.10.0 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability that allows any authenticated user to permanently exhaust server file descriptors, goroutines, and memory by sending requests to the GET /loading endpoint with attacker-supplied id query parameter values. Because the handler performs no map-lookup validity check and receives on a nil channel that blocks forever, with no timeout, no context cancellation, and no server-side reclamation due to absent HTTP server timeouts, each malicious request permanently holds one goroutine, one file descriptor, and approximately 50 kB of memory until the server's file descriptor limit is reached and listener Accept calls fail, halting all tunnel traffic forwarding for all users.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boringproxy | boringproxy | up to 0.10.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- boringproxy Vendorboringproxy Affected up to 0.10.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-70616
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5gjj-xq44-85r4
References
Exploit 1
More boringproxy vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-49330 boringproxy 0.10.0 SSH authorized_keys Injection via Tunnel Creation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-70616 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-70616 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5gjj-xq44-85r4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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