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msgpack5: Deeply nested input can exhaust the decoder stack

Type: advisorySources: OSV

msgpack5 is a msgpack v5 implementation for node.js and the browser. Prior to 6.1.0, the array and map decoding paths have no nesting-depth limit, allowing an attacker who can provide MessagePack input to submit deeply nested containers that exhaust the JavaScript call stack and interrupt a process, worker, or request handler. This issue is fixed in version 6.1.0.

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CVEs
CVE-2026-107298
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 01:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

msgpack5: Deeply nested input can exhaust the decoder stack

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Oct 2026, 17:08 UTC

msgpack5 is a msgpack v5 implementation for node.js and the browser. Prior to 6.1.0, the array and map decoding paths have no nesting-depth limit, allowing an attacker who can provide MessagePack input to submit deeply nested containers that exhaust the JavaScript call stack and interrupt a process, worker, or request handler. This issue is fixed in version 6.1.0.

osv:CVE-2026-107298
Complete source record
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    "summary": "msgpack5 is a msgpack v5 implementation for node.js and the browser. Prior to 6.1.0, the array and map decoding paths have no nesting-depth limit, allowing an attacker who can provide MessagePack input to submit deeply nested containers that exhaust the JavaScript call stack and interrupt a process, worker, or request handler. This issue is fixed in version 6.1.0.",
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