Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Affecting msgpack5 package, versions <6.1.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-MSGPACK5-20581050
  • published8 Oct 2026
  • disclosed8 Oct 2026
  • creditSWIFI AI

Introduced: 8 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-107297  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-407  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade msgpack5 to version 6.1.0 or higher.

Overview

msgpack5 is an A msgpack v5 implementation for node.js and the browser, with extension points

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity via the decode function in lib/decoder.js when processing deeply nested or large streaming container structures. An attacker can send a message that causes unbounded resource consumption during decoding, crashing the process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1