Resource exhaustion in PBKDF2 - CVE-2026-102414
Published: September 29, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152720
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-102414
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 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.
Affected software
PBKDF2
How to mitigate CVE-2026-102414
Install security update from vendor's website.
PBKDF2 - update to 3.1.7