Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting karpenter-fips-1.8 package, versions <1.8.6-r6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.78% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-KARPENTERFIPS18-16642388
  • published12 May 2026
  • disclosed7 May 2026

Introduced: 7 May 2026

CVE-2026-39820  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard karpenter-fips-1.8 to version 1.8.6-r6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream karpenter-fips-1.8 package and not the karpenter-fips-1.8 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Well-crafted inputs reaching ParseAddress, ParseAddressList, and ParseDate were able to trigger excessive CPU exhaustion and memory allocations.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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