CVE-2026-95859

libp2p-rust is the official Rust language implementation of the libp2p networking stack. Prior to 0.49.5, Gossipsub GRAFT control-message handling unconditionally adds attacker-supplied topic hashes to connected_peer.topics without confirming that the peer previously subscribed to those topics. A remote unauthenticated peer that can reach a Gossipsub listener can repeatedly send novel GRAFT topics, causing cumulative per-peer memory growth that is not bounded by subscription filters, peer scoring, or per-message size limits. This can exhaust process memory and cause a denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 0.49.5.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/commit/51ed5f00e1b0620ded3444ecadf18477052148ea
https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/6608
https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-g3g5-x568-qvqx

Configurations

No configuration.

History

16 Oct 2026, 16:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-16 16:22

Updated : 2026-10-21 03:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-95859

Mitre link : CVE-2026-95859

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-95859

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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