libp2p-rust is the official rust language Implementation of the libp2p networking stack. Prior to 0.17.1, the rendezvous server stores pagination cookies without bounds. An unauthenticated peer can repeatedly issue DISCOVER requests and force unbounded memory growth. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.17.1.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v5hw-cv9c-rpg7 libp2p-rendezvous: Unbounded rendezvous DISCOVER cookies enable remote memory exhaustion
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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Libp2p
Libp2p rust-libp2p
Vendors & Products Libp2p
Libp2p rust-libp2p

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Description libp2p-rust is the official rust language Implementation of the libp2p networking stack. Prior to 0.17.1, the rendezvous server stores pagination cookies without bounds. An unauthenticated peer can repeatedly issue DISCOVER requests and force unbounded memory growth. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.17.1.
Title libp2p-rust has unbounded rendezvous DISCOVER cookies enable remote memory exhaustion
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-07T17:53:37.355Z

Reserved: 2026-04-02T19:25:52.193Z

Link: CVE-2026-35457

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-07T17:53:25.830Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-07T15:17:43.587

Modified: 2026-04-08T21:27:15.610

Link: CVE-2026-35457

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-09T08:24:21Z

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