Read the docs
TI-2026-85136 Aliases CVE-2026-97705

Unauthenticated denial of service in Moleculer TCP transporter parser

Priority LOW 39CWE-835Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-835.

Summary

Moleculer versions before 0.14.36 and from 0.15.0 before 0.15.2 are affected. The TCP transporter's packet parser reads a signed length field without rejecting negative values, so the parsing loop never exits (CWE-835). A remote unauthenticated peer can send such a packet when the TCP transporter is enabled and reachable, which blocks the Node.js event loop and makes every service in the process unresponsive until restart.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Description from the CNA

Moleculer is a progressive microservices framework for Node.js. Prior to 0.14.36 and 0.15.2, Parser._write in src/transporters/tcp/parser.js used Buffer.prototype.readInt32BE to read a signed packet length, so a remote unauthenticated peer could supply a negative value that caused packet.slice(length) to return the unchanged buffer while the while (packet.length > 0) loop continued indefinitely. The synchronous loop blocked the Node.js event loop and made every service in the process unresponsive until restart. The TCP transporter must be enabled and reachable, and neither CRC validation nor maxPacketSize prevents the malformed length value. This issue is fixed in versions 0.14.36 and 0.15.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0035 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed moleculer (moleculerjs): 0.15.2, 0.14.36

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
moleculerjsmoleculer0.15.0 to before 0.15.2; before 0.14.360.15.2, 0.14.36Patch availableCNA
  • moleculer Vendormoleculerjs Affected 0.15.0 to before 0.15.2; before 0.14.36 Fixed in 0.15.2, 0.14.36 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update moleculer to 0.14.36 or 0.15.2, the fixed releases for the affected ranges.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

  • Fix · CNA moleculer (moleculerjs) Fixed in 0.15.2, 0.14.36

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97705
  2. 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-11-05 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  5. 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

Sources