Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/daemon/controller package, versions <0.19.5>=0.20.0 <0.20.3>=0.21.0 <0.21.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHASHICORPBOUNDARYINTERNALDAEMONCONTROLLER-16419402
  • published5 May 2026
  • disclosed4 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 May 2026

CVE-2026-7776  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/daemon/controller to version 0.19.5, 0.20.3, 0.21.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the TLS handshake process. An attacker can cause worker connection handling to block by opening a connection to the authentication listener and delaying or withholding the client certificate, which may prevent legitimate connections from being accepted or routed.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1