msgpack5: Quadratic parsing in the streaming decoder
Exact source revision recorded 24 Oct 2026 13:17:17 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
osv · GHSA-gcx5-hxj7-gpqq
Published### Impact The streaming decoder reparses an incomplete container from the beginning whenever another chunk arrives. A remote peer can split one valid MessagePack value across many small chunks, causing quadratic CPU usage and blocking the event loop. ### Patches The decoder now preserves incremental container state so completed elements are not parsed again when more input arrives. ### Workarounds Buffer each complete MessagePack value before decoding it, or limit the number of chunks accepted for a single value.
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- 8 Oct 2026 17:39:46 UTC
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- 8 Oct 2026 18:00:08 UTC
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- 24 Oct 2026 13:17:17 UTC
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