Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kpt package, versions <1.0.0_beta55-r21


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-KPT-16620204
  • published10 May 2026
  • disclosed7 May 2026

Introduced: 7 May 2026

CVE-2026-39820  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi kpt to version 1.0.0_beta55-r21 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kpt package and not the kpt package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

Well-crafted inputs reaching ParseAddress, ParseAddressList, and ParseDate were able to trigger excessive CPU exhaustion and memory allocations.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1