Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting github.com/golang/image/tiff package, versions <0.41.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGOLANGIMAGETIFF-17111077
  • published31 May 2026
  • disclosed29 May 2026
  • creditUuganbayar Lkhamsuren

Introduced: 29 May 2026

CVE-2026-46599  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/golang/image/tiff to version 0.41.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling due to the lack of limits on the size of PackBits-compressed data during decompression. An attacker can cause excessive resource consumption by submitting a specially crafted image file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1