GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-2phg-qgmm-r638 Sliver has Potential Zip Bomb Denial of Service in GzipEncoder

HIGH Published 2026-02-25 Modified 2026-02-27 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/bishopfox/sliver
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Weaknesses
CWE-409
Reviewed
2026-02-25

Affected packages

• Go github.com/bishopfox/sliver: < 1.7.2 → fixed in 1.7.2

Description

Summary GzipEncoder does not limit output size when processing compressed data. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash sliver server by sending a http request with highly compressed gzip data (aka zip bomb). Details In `util/encoders/gzip.go`, `Decode()` method decompresses given data by reading the entire gzip buffer at once without limiting output size. PoC ```python data = gzip.compress(bytes(1024 * 1024 * 1024)) * 16 requests.post(f"http://172.17.0.2/{nonce}", data=data) ``` Impact Unauthenticated remote attackers can exhaust memory and cpu resource of sliver server and crash it when they have GzipEncoderID, which can be easily retrived from implant's http traffic, or by brute-forcing. A fixed version is available at https://github.com/BishopFox/sliver/releases/tag/v1.7.2.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) weakness

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