Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting nuclei package, versions <3.8.0-r4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-NUCLEI-16632547
  • published11 May 2026
  • disclosed7 May 2026

Introduced: 7 May 2026

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi nuclei to version 3.8.0-r4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nuclei package and not the nuclei 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