Faraday: Uncontrolled recursion in NestedParamsEncoder allows stack exhaustion DoS via deeply nested query parameters (lostisland faraday)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.76 % · percentile 55 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Faraday is an HTTP client library abstraction layer that provides a common interface over many adapters. From 1.0.0 until 1.10.6 and 2.14.3, Faraday::NestedParamsEncoder, the default nested query parameter encoder/decoder in Faraday, decodes nested query strings without enforcing a maximum nesting depth. A crafted query string causes Faraday to build a deeply nested Ruby Hash structure. The internal dehash routine then recursively walks this attacker-controlled structure without a depth limit. At sufficient depth, Ruby raises an uncaught SystemStackError (stack level too deep), crashing the calling thread or worker. This can lead to denial of service in applications that pass attacker-controlled query strings to Faraday's nested query parsing or URL-building paths. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.10.6 and 2.14.3.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/lostisland/faraday/security/advisories/GHSA-98m9-hrrm-r99r
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54297
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492252
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-54297.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50223
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50222
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50263
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50221
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat-SADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-98m9-hrrm-r99r — Faraday: Uncontrolled recursion in NestedParamsEncoder allows stack exhaustion DoS via deeply nested query parameters
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-38812
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-54297
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1165 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:faraday_project:faraday:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 1.0.0 < 1.10.6cpe:2.3:a:faraday_project:faraday:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 2.0.0 < 2.14.3
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| lostisland · faraday | affected >= 1.0.0, < 1.10.6 ; affected >= 2.0.0.alpha.pre.1, < 2.14.3 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |