Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting chainguard.dev/apko/pkg/apk/expandapk package, versions >=0.14.8 <1.1.0
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- published4 Feb 2026
- disclosed3 Feb 2026
- creditOleh Konko
Introduced: 3 Feb 2026
CVE-2026-25122 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade chainguard.dev/apko/pkg/apk/expandapk to version 1.1.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the Split function. An attacker can cause excessive CPU consumption and resource exhaustion by supplying a malicious APK stream that triggers unbounded gzip inflation.