5.3
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-123660
Vulnerability-Lookup: memory amplification through webhook payload template format specifiers
Description

In Vulnerability-Lookup 5.5.1 up to but not including 6.4.1, a signed-in user could make the server allocate memory far out of proportion to their input through a webhook notification's payload template. Each placeholder's format specifier was passed unchanged to Python's string formatting, which builds the padded result before its size can be checked. A template of a few dozen bytes, such as {"text": "{title:>999999999}"}, therefore produced a string of about 1 GB when the notification form test-rendered it on save, and repeating such fields multiplied the cost. Templates that passed the save check could also repeat placeholders such as {text} thousands of times; the notification daemon rebuilt those on every webhook delivery. Deeply nested templates raised an unhandled recursion error (HTTP 500). An attacker needs only an account, which the default configuration lets anyone create after e-mail confirmation. They could exhaust the memory of web workers or the notification daemon, causing a denial of service. Version 6.4.1 caps every number in a format specifier at 256, limits a rendered template to 1,000,000 characters both on save and at delivery, and rejects templates nested deeper than 32 levels.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 6, 2026, 9:17 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 12, 2026, 8:07 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vulnerability-lookup vulnerability-lookup
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8
Solution
Update the product to patch a vulnerability allowing denial of service via crafted webhook payloads.
  • Update Vulnerability-Lookup to version 6.4.1 or later.
  • Limit placeholder padding and nesting in templates.
  • Restrict account creation if possible.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/vulnerability-lookup/vulnerability-lookup/commit/2076ffdae3d024649114eeb6fd185338d4bb1f40
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Nov. 10, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-123660', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-11-10T17:39:52.273550Z'}
  • New CVE Received by 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8

    Nov. 06, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In Vulnerability-Lookup 5.5.1 up to but not including 6.4.1, a signed-in user could make the server allocate memory far out of proportion to their input through a webhook notification's payload template. Each placeholder's format specifier was passed unchanged to Python's string formatting, which builds the padded result before its size can be checked. A template of a few dozen bytes, such as {"text": "{title:>999999999}"}, therefore produced a string of about 1 GB when the notification form test-rendered it on save, and repeating such fields multiplied the cost. Templates that passed the save check could also repeat placeholders such as {text} thousands of times; the notification daemon rebuilt those on every webhook delivery. Deeply nested templates raised an unhandled recursion error (HTTP 500). An attacker needs only an account, which the default configuration lets anyone create after e-mail confirmation. They could exhaust the memory of web workers or the notification daemon, causing a denial of service. Version 6.4.1 caps every number in a format specifier at 256, limits a rendered template to 1,000,000 characters both on save and at delivery, and rejects templates nested deeper than 32 levels.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-674
    Added CWE CWE-770
    Added CWE CWE-1284
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/123xxx/CVE-2026-123660.json">CVE-2026-123660</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/vulnerability-lookup/vulnerability-lookup/commit/2076ffdae3d024649114eeb6fd185338d4bb1f40
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