CVE-2026-44162
fluent-plugin-s3: Denial of Service (DoS) via Decompression Bomb in `in_s3`
Description
fluent-plugin-s3 is an Amazon S3 input and output plugin for Fluentd. From 0.7.0 to 1.8.4, the in_s3 input plugin reads the entire decompressed payload of gzip, lzma2, and lzop objects into memory without enforcing a decompression_size_limit. An attacker with permission to upload objects to the monitored S3 bucket can provide a highly compressed object that expands excessively when Fluentd processes it. The resulting memory exhaustion can cause the operating system to terminate the Fluentd process and disrupt all log collection on the affected node. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.5.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 14, 2026, 6:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 14, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | |||||
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update fluent-plugin-s3 to version 1.8.5 or later.
- Configure decompression_size_limit appropriately.
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Sep. 14, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-44162', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-09-14T18:14:06.116972Z'} -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Sep. 14, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description fluent-plugin-s3 is an Amazon S3 input and output plugin for Fluentd. From 0.7.0 to 1.8.4, the in_s3 input plugin reads the entire decompressed payload of gzip, lzma2, and lzop objects into memory without enforcing a decompression_size_limit. An attacker with permission to upload objects to the monitored S3 bucket can provide a highly compressed object that expands excessively when Fluentd processes it. The resulting memory exhaustion can cause the operating system to terminate the Fluentd process and disrupt all log collection on the affected node. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.5. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Added CWE CWE-409 Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44162.json">CVE-2026-44162</a> Added Reference https://github.com/fluent/fluent-plugin-s3/commit/e085aee001d15bcc4bd073507e74075e30550fd0 Added Reference https://github.com/fluent/fluent-plugin-s3/releases/tag/v1.8.5 Added Reference https://github.com/fluent/fluent-plugin-s3/security/advisories/GHSA-xv9w-7v6q-hpjh