GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet
GHSA-j8ph-6fxj-g533 Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka: Unrecognized DataCenterInfo.Name poisons entire registry fetch
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-50196
- Ecosystem
- NuGet
- Packages
- Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20, CWE-400
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-02
Affected packages
• NuGet Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka: >= 4.0.0, < 4.2.0 → fixed in 4.2.0
• NuGet Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka: < 3.4.0 → fixed in 3.4.0
Description
Summary
`DataCenterInfo.FromJson` throws `ArgumentException` for any `name` value other than `"MyOwn"` or `"Amazon"`, despite the Java Eureka specification defining a third valid value: `"Netflix"`. The exception propagates through the entire registry deserialization chain and is swallowed by the periodic cache refresh task, leaving the local service registry permanently empty or stale.
Impact
Any registration with an unrecognized `DataCenterInfo.name` permanently disables service discovery for every Steeltoe Eureka client connected to the same registry. New clients start with an empty registry and running clients stop refreshing. The outage persists until the triggering registration is removed.
Because `"Netflix"` is valid in the Java Eureka specification, a Java or Spring service in the same mesh can trigger this unintentionally.
Affected configuration
• Application uses the Steeltoe Eureka client (`EurekaDiscoveryClient`).
• The registry contains at least one registration with a `DataCenterInfo.name` value other than `"MyOwn"` or `"Amazon"`.
Mitigations
If an immediate upgrade is not possible, remove any registrations using unsupported `DataCenterInfo.name` values from the registry. In mixed Java/Spring and Steeltoe environments, audit for the `Netflix` data center type before deploying Steeltoe Eureka clients.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-50196 Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-j8ph-6fxj-g533 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50196 advisory
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/b8ed8557bb595863e4f340051d16b26ba40a75f4 web
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/c34a7399e808d0d11dd977460e81df1f2722df28 web
- https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe package