SB2026092917 - Resource exhaustion in PBKDF2
Published: September 29, 2026 Updated: September 30, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB2026092917
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-102414)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in the PBKDF2 synchronous implementation when deriving keys from long passwords. A remote attacker can supply a long password to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs when the native code path is not used.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.