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Apache ZooKeeper vulnerable to denial of service in multiRead request handling (CVE-2026-100302)

Original title: CVE-2026-100302: Apache ZooKeeper: Denial of service through unbounded memory allocation in multiRead request handling

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Part of a story covered by 4 sourcesApache ZooKeeper Hit by Four CVEs for DoS and SASL BypassMerged summary & timeline
AI summary · x-ai/grok-4.7Summaries by Vani AI

A remote attacker can crash the server with a single small request by overwhelming memory allocation.

Apache ZooKeeper's multiRead request handler allows allocation of resources without limits. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service with a small request. Affected in versions 3.9.0-3.9.6 and 3.8.0-3.8.7. CVSS 7.1 (high).

Unconfirmed: Fixed versions not specified

Key facts
  • CVSS 7.1 (high)
  • Single small request causes crash
  • Unbounded memory allocation
  • PR:L in CVSS
Security assessment · AI, from the article

Impact: denial of service via unbounded memory allocation

What to do
  1. 1.Upgrade to a patched version
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From the original article

Posted by Andor Molnar on Nov 03 Severity: important CVSS 4. 0: 7. 1 (high) CVSS:4.

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