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CVE-2026-97705

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Description

Moleculer is a progressive microservices framework for Node.js. Prior to 0.14.36 and 0.15.2, Parser._write in src/transporters/tcp/parser.js used Buffer.prototype.readInt32BE to read a signed packet length, so a remote unauthenticated peer could supply a negative value that caused packet.slice(length) to return the unchanged buffer while the while (packet.length > 0) loop continued indefinitely. The synchronous loop blocked the Node.js event loop and made every service in the process unresponsive until restart. The TCP transporter must be enabled and reachable, and neither CRC validation nor maxPacketSize prevents the malformed length value. This issue is fixed in versions 0.14.36 and 0.15.2.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-04 20:19:13.137000
Last modified
2026-11-04 20:19:13.137000
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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-97705",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-04T20:19:13.137",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-04T20:19:13.137",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Moleculer is a progressive microservices framework for Node.js. Prior to 0.14.36 and 0.15.2, Parser._write in src/transporters/tcp/parser.js used Buffer.prototype.readInt32BE to read a signed packet length, so a remote unauthenticated peer could supply a negative value that caused packet.slice(length) to return the unchanged buffer while the while (packet.length > 0) loop continued indefinitely. The synchronous loop blocked the Node.js event loop and made every service in the process unresponsive until restart. The TCP transporter must be enabled and reachable, and neither CRC validation nor maxPacketSize prevents the malformed length value. This issue is fixed in versions 0.14.36 and 0.15.2."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "moleculerjs",
          "product": "moleculer",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": ">= 0.15.0, < 0.15.2",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "< 0.14.36",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
        "impactScore": 3.6
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Primary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-835"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/commit/168ecbdc245c9a9d1dc4ef9b8a81dbae38ee3063",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/commit/914074e502ae403a0338ad168b45b16d6bcc3e44",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/releases/tag/v0.14.36",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/releases/tag/v0.15.2",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/security/advisories/GHSA-h89v-g948-47vp",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}