CVE-2026-43506

5.3 MEDIUM

Published: May 01, 2026 Modified: May 01, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Prosody before 0.12.6 and 1.0.0 through 13.0.0 before 13.0.5. A Denial of Service can occur via memory exhaustion caused by memory leaks from unauthenticated connections.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://prosody.im/security/advisory_735dd9d3/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/5

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

5.3 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.0%

13th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-401

Affected Vendors

prosody

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