CVE-2026-43506
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.003 · 20 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in Prosody before 0.12.6 and 1.0.0 through 13.0.0 before 13.0.5. A Denial of Service can occur via memory exhaustion caused by memory leaks from unauthenticated connections.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.3–7.5
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (4)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43506cnnvd
- https://prosody.im/download/Patchcnnvd
- https://prosody.im/security/advisory_735dd9d3/enisa_euvd
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/5enisa_euvd
- https://prosody.im/security/advisory_735dd9d3/MitigationPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/5Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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