CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-61801

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-10-08 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-10-08
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-400

Description

The `github.com/moby/sys/user` package provides Go utilities for parsing and looking up entries in Unix-style user and group database files. Versions before 0.4.1 do not sufficiently limit entries when parsing `/etc/passwd`- or `/etc/group`-style files, allowing an attacker who can supply a specially crafted file to cause excessive memory consumption and potentially terminate the affected process due to an out-of-memory condition. This issue is patched in version 0.4.1. As a workaround, avoid parsing attacker-controlled user or group database files, or validate and limit untrusted input before parsing it.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

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