CVE-2018-16131
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
Publication date:
30/08/2018
Last modified:
17/06/2026
Description
The decodeRequest and decodeRequestWith directives in Lightbend Akka HTTP 10.1.x through 10.1.4 and 10.0.x through 10.0.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a ZIP bomb.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
7.80
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:akka_http:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.0.0 (including) | 10.0.13 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:lightbend:akka_http:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.1.0 (including) | 10.1.4 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-found
- https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.html
- https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjg
- https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-found
- https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.html
- https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjg



