6.5mediumMedium

CVE-2026-42931

Denial of Service via Unbounded io.ReadAll in NPM Package Tag Endpoint

What the metrics mean

  • It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
6.5 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-770
Assigned by
88ee5874-cf24-4952-aea0-31affedb7ff2

Dates

Published
2026-08-13
Last modified
2026-08-26
Sources
NVD

References