Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ip-address - #VU150201
Published: September 16, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150201
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits in the Address6 parse diagnostic generation when processing oversized invalid IPv6 address strings. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted oversized address string to cause a denial of service.
Address6.isValid() constructs the diagnostic before discarding it.
Affected software
ip-address
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.
ip-address - update to 10.7.1