Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting faraday package, versions <2.14.3
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- published22 Jun 2026
- disclosed22 Jun 2026
- creditEmre Koca
Introduced: 22 Jun 2026
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How to fix?
Upgrade faraday to version 2.14.3 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion in the NestedParamsEncoder module through the dehash routine. An attacker can cause the application to crash and exhaust system resources by submitting a deeply nested query string that triggers uncontrolled recursion.