GHSA-q8gf-9rvj-gmgj gRPC Erlang package has unbounded request body accumulation in `read_full_body/3`

• Hex grpc: >= 0.3.1, < 1.0.0 → fixed in 1.0.0

Summary `'Elixir.GRPC.Server.Adapters.Cowboy.Handler':read_full_body/3` accumulates every received chunk into a single growing binary with no size cap. When the client omits the `grpc-timeout` header, the read timeout resolves to `:infinity`, allowing a slow-trickle attacker to hold the connection open indefinitely while memory grows. A single unauthenticated connection is sufficient to exhaust BEAM memory and crash the node. Details The read loop in `lib/grpc/server/adapters/cowboy/handler.ex` calls `:cowboy_req.read_body/2` in a recursive loop, concatenating each chunk: `body <> data`. There is no running-total check and no configurable maximum body size. As the loop drains the receive buffer, cowboy issues fresh HTTP/2 `WINDOW_UPDATE` frames, so the client can keep pushing data indefinitely. The `grpc-timeout` header is attacker-supplied and optional. When absent, `timeout_left_opt(nil)` returns `:infinity`, so the per-chunk read also has no deadline. The two missing controls compound: a fast client can blast multi-gigabyte payloads directly into memory; a slow client can trickle data forever. PoC 1. Start any `grpc` server exposing a unary RPC (no special configuration required). 2. Open an HTTP/2 connection and send a POST to any unary RPC path with `Content-Type: application/grpc+proto` — omit the `grpc-timeout` header. 3. Stream a large body (e.g. 1 GiB) in chunks without sending the final `END_STREAM` flag immediately. 4. Observe BEAM memory growing proportionally to uploaded data with no server-side cap. Impact Affects `grpc` ≥ 0.3.1. No authentication, no special configuration, and no specific RPC method required, the unbounded read is on the default unary ingress path. References • Introduction commit: https://github.com/elixir-grpc/grpc/commit/d1abe70a6cad6dac4a3f8235d883d7c896989560 • Patch commit: https://github.com/elixir-grpc/grpc/commit/49e18c3ec6bb9afe2f712caad3dbab5c56a68a00