Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting EVerest/libocpp package, versions [,0.30.1)
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- published23 Jan 2026
- disclosed21 Jan 2026
- creditSébastien Rolland
Introduced: 21 Jan 2026
CVE-2025-68138 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade EVerest/libocpp to version 0.30.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling due to the unlimited memory allocation at the end of websocket init by strdup call. An attacker can cause the application to consume excessive memory resources by repeatedly initiating new connection attempts, leading to memory exhaustion and potential service disruption.