High
Security advisory
StackStorm before 3.4.1, in some situations, has an infinite loop that consumes all available memory and disk space. This can occur if Python 3.x is used, the locale is not utf-8, and there is an attempt to log Unicode data (from an action or rule name).
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-28667
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
StackStorm before 3.4.1, in some situations, has an infinite loop that consumes all available memory and disk space. This can occur if Python 3.x is used, the locale is not utf-8, and there is an attempt to log Unicode data (from an action or rule name).
osv:CVE-2021-28667
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:01.178980682Z",
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"references": [
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