CVE-2026-100350: kin-openapi deepObject query decoding repeatedly compiles an invariant regular expression
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.45% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: getkin kin-openapi 0.146.0.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to getkin kin-openapi 0.146.0 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. From 0.145.0 until 0.146.0, openapi3filter repeatedly calls regexp.MustCompile for the same parameter-name regular expression inside the per-query-key loop in urlValuesDecoder.DecodeObject used to decode a deepObject query parameter. An unauthenticated remote client can send an affected endpoint a request containing many unrelated query keys, causing ValidateRequest to perform work and allocations proportional to the attacker-controlled key count for every deepObject parameter. The expression itself is fixed and this is not regular expression denial of service; the resource consumption comes from loop-invariant recompilation. This issue is fixed in version 0.146.0.
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 39th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-400
Report tools
Action score
21
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 5.3
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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What does it mean in your environment?
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
getkin kin-openapi
- >= 0.145.0, < 0.146.0affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/getkin/kin-openapi | from 0.145.0 · before 0.146.0 | 0.146.0 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | hugo | before 0.168.0-2.1 | 0.168.0-2.1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | grafana12.4 | before 0:12.4.12-0.4.hum1 | 0:12.4.12-0.4.hum1 |
| Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | hugo | before 0:0.168.0-0.1.hum1 | 0:0.168.0-0.1.hum1 |
Same product
getkin: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-73501kin-openapi: ValidationHandler.Load() Fail-Open Authentication Bypass via NoopAuthenticationFunc Default36Monitor
- CVE-2026-77354kin-openapi: Uncontrolled resource consumption in openapi3filter deepObject query parameter decoding34Monitor
- CVE-2026-100349kin-openapi openapi3filter: nil-pointer panic in ValidateResponse on a response header declared with content32Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-100347Oct 15, 2026 · kin-openapi: Unauthenticated panic (DoS) in openapi3filter legacy router via non-canonical/unsupported HTTP method on a static path21Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-100348Oct 15, 2026 · kin-openapi spec loader panics on a self-referential additionalProperties $ref (nil-pointer DoS)21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-100351Oct 15, 2026 · kin-openapi: ValidationHandler security-requirement bypass via encoded-path operation confusion29Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| getkin kin-openapi | 0.146.0 · description | Vendor (CNA) |
| Go:github.com/getkin/kin-openapi | 0.146.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:hugo | 0.168.0-2.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:grafana12.4 | 0:12.4.12-0.4.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:hugo | 0:0.168.0-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recordedsame day
- TodayNov 13, 2026+29 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-7735455 days apartkin-openapi: Uncontrolled resource consumption in openapi3filter deepObject query parameter decoding34Monitor
Not on record for this CVE: researcher credit · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- low · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- Low
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
nvd-secondary
Root cause
Code that parses nested structures sets no depth or size limit. A small input can turn into a disproportionate processing load.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-400 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
function expand(node) {
return node.children.map(expand);
}Fixed
const MAX_DEPTH = 32;
function expand(node, depth = 0) {
if (depth > MAX_DEPTH) throw new Error("too deep");
return node.children.map((c) => expand(c, depth + 1));
}Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → poc
- Exploit maturity— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.