CVE-2025-54801
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Fiber is an Express inspired web framework written in Go. In versions 2.52.8 and below, when using Fiber's Ctx.BodyParser to parse form data containing a large numeric key that represents a slice index (e.g., test.18446744073704), the application crashes due to an out-of-bounds slice allocation in the underlying schema decoder. The root cause is that the decoder attempts to allocate a slice of length idx + 1 without validating whether the index is within a safe or reasonable range. If the idx is excessively large, this leads to an integer overflow or memory exhaustion, causing a panic or crash. This is fixed in version 2.52.9.
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- GHSA-qx2q-88mx-vhg7Fiber Crashes in BodyParser Due to Unvalidated Large Slice Index in Decoder2025-08-05ghsa · osvUS
### Description When using Fiber's `Ctx.BodyParser` to parse form data containing a large numeric key that represents a slice index (e.g., `test.18446744073704`), the application crashes due to an out-of-bounds slice allocation in the underlying schema decoder. The root cause is that the decoder attempts to allocate a slice of length `idx + 1` without validating whether the index is within a safe or reasonable range. If `idx` is excessively large, this leads to an integer overflow or memory exhaustion, causing a panic or crash. ### Steps to Reproduce Create a POST request handler that accepts `x-www-form-urlencoded` data ```go package main import ( "fmt" "net/http" "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2" ) type RequestBody struct { NestedContent []*struct{} `form:"test"` } func main() { app := fiber.New() app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error { formData := RequestBody{} if err := c.BodyParser(&formData); err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return c.SendStatus(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity) } return nil }) fmt.Println(app.Listen(":3000")) } ``` Run the server and send a POST request with a large numeric key in form data, such as: ```bash curl -v -X POST localhost:3000 --data-raw 'test.18446744073704' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' ``` ### Relevant Code Snippet Within the decoder's [decode method](https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/blob/v2.52.8/internal/schema/decoder.go#L249): ```go idx := parts[0].index if v.IsNil() || v.Len() < idx+1 { value := reflect.MakeSlice(t, idx+1, idx+1) // <-- Panic/crash occurs here when idx is huge if v.Len() < idx+1 { reflect.Copy(value, v) } v.Set(value) } ``` The `idx` is not validated before use, leading to unsafe slice allocation for extremely large values. --- ### Impact - Application panic or crash on malicious or malformed input. - Potential denial of service (DoS) via memory exhaustion or server crash. - Lack of defensive checks in the parsing code causes instability.
- GO-2025-3845Fiber Crashes in BodyParser Due to Unvalidated Large Slice Index in Decoder in github.com/gofiber/fiber2025-08-11vendor · osvUS
Fiber Crashes in BodyParser Due to Unvalidated Large Slice Index in Decoder in github.com/gofiber/fiber
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- https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/commit/e115c08b8f059a4a031b492aa9eef0712411853dcnnvd
- https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/security/advisories/GHSA-qx2q-88mx-vhg7cnnvd
- https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/commit/e115c08b8f059a4a031b492aa9eef0712411853denisa_euvd
- https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/security/advisories/GHSA-qx2q-88mx-vhg7enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/commit/e115c08b8f059a4a031b492aa9eef0712411853dPatchnvd
- https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/security/advisories/GHSA-qx2q-88mx-vhg7Vendor Advisorynvd
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