High
grpc — security advisory
Lack of error handling in the TCP server in Google's gRPC starting version 1.23 on posix-compatible platforms (ex. Linux) allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by initiating a significant number of connections with the server. Note that gRPC C++ Python, and Ruby are affected, but gRPC Java, and Go are NOT affected.
- Products
- grpc
- Affected versions
- 1.51.1-10, 1.51.1-3, 1.51.1-4, 1.51.1-4.1, 1.51.1-4.1~exp1, 1.51.1-5, 1.51.1-6, 1.51.1-7, 1.51.1-8, 1.51.1-9, 1.59.5-1, 1.82.0-1, 1.83.0-1, 1.83.0-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-4785
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 16:18 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Lack of error handling in the TCP server in Google's gRPC starting version 1.23 on posix-compatible platforms (ex. Linux) allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by initiating a significant number of connections with the server. Note that gRPC C++ Python, and Ruby are affected, but gRPC Java, and Go are NOT affected.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4785
grpc
Fixed versions: Not specified
grpc
Fixed versions: Not specified
grpc
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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