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01 Record

CVE-2026-55407

Buffa: Memory Exhaustion Denial of Service in decode_unknown_field via Unbounded Allocation

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score6.3 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

02 Description

Buffa: Memory Exhaustion Denial of Service in decode_unknown_field via Unbounded Allocation

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
SSVC decision
  • ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
  • AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
  • Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.
EPSS probability
0.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 54.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/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
NVD analysis status
Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-24.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2026-07-16 15:57Z3 MO AGO
Last updated
2026-07-16 18:04Z3 MO AGO
Reserved
2026-06-16
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
  • CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
  • CWE-789Memory Allocation with Excessive Size ValueVariant
Data version
5.2
Document digest
43b6c192f1469d9b87d5ac21d75b52c5dfd4ec15aab1e7a59f786a40760aaba8

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
anthropicsbuffa< 0.8.0—

06 References