CVE-2026-43506

An issue was discovered in Prosody before 0.12.6 and 1.0.0 through 13.0.0 before 13.0.5. A Denial of Service can occur via memory exhaustion caused by memory leaks from unauthenticated connections.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_735dd9d3/	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/5	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-01 15:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:49

NVD link : CVE-2026-43506

Mitre link : CVE-2026-43506

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43506

JSON object : View

Products Affected

prosody

prosody

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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