Memory exhaustion in Grav via oversized image transforms
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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Grav before 2.1.7 contains a denial of service flaw in its image handling. A missing check on image dimensions (CWE-409) lets an authenticated media author upload compressed oversized raster images that GD or Imagick fully decode. An anonymous attacker can reference a Twig or Markdown transform to repeatedly exhaust memory and make pages unavailable.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Grav before 2.1.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows authenticated media authors to exhaust memory by uploading compressed oversized raster images. Attackers can reference a Twig or Markdown transform so GD or Imagick decodes the full source without dimension checks, letting anonymous requests repeatedly cause page unavailability.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
Update Grav to version 2.1.7 or later, which fixes the issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA grav (getgrav) Fixed in 2.1.7
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
getgrav grav 2.1.7
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71142 Information disclosure in Grav exposes nested .git directoriesPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-71141 Authentication bypass in Grav Clockwork profiler exposes sensitive dataPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-71131 Information disclosure in Grav Clockwork debugger token via Twig sandboxPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109324
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-fr83-pf82-gwp5
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More getgrav vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-30893 Grav: Privilege Escalation via Missing Server-Side Validation of groups/access CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2025-28971 Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in grav v.1.7.48 and before allows an attacker to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-04523 Unauthenticated Arbitrary YAML Write/Update leads to Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-50940 Grav CMS before 2.0.16 Origin Validation Bypass via Referer CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-46446 Grav before 2.0.7 Remote Code Execution via Blueprint dynamicData CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2021-22428 GravCMS 1.10.7 - Arbitrary YAML Write/Update (Unauthenticated) (2) CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-109324 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109324 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fr83-pf82-gwp5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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