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open62541 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33592

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust server memory via the FindServers Discovery Service in open62541. The serverUris field of FindServersRequest is not validated for length or array size. An attacker can declare an arbitrarily large string (up to ~3.9 GB) delivered across intermediate chunks without ever sending the final chunk. The server buffers all chunks in RAM indefinitely until the SecureChannel times out. The attack is pre-session and bypasses all encryption configuration. The issue affects open62541: from 1.4.0 through 1.4.16, from 1.5.0 through 1.5.4, master.

Products
open62541
Affected versions
1.4.11.1-1, 1.4.18-1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-33592
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 12:20 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33592

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Jul 2026, 08:16 UTC

An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust server memory via the FindServers Discovery Service in open62541. The serverUris field of FindServersRequest is not validated for length or array size. An attacker can declare an arbitrarily large string (up to ~3.9 GB) delivered across intermediate chunks without ever sending the final chunk. The server buffers all chunks in RAM indefinitely until the SecureChannel times out. The attack is pre-session and bypasses all encryption configuration. The issue affects open62541: from 1.4.0 through 1.4.16, from 1.5.0 through 1.5.4, master.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33592

open62541

Fixed versions: Not specified

open62541

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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    "summary": "An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust server memory via the FindServers Discovery Service in open62541. The serverUris field of FindServersRequest is not validated for length or array size. An attacker can declare an arbitrarily large string (up to ~3.9 GB) delivered across intermediate chunks without ever sending the final chunk. The server buffers all chunks in RAM indefinitely until the SecureChannel times out. The attack is pre-session and bypasses all encryption configuration. The issue affects open62541: from 1.4.0 through 1.4.16, from 1.5.0 through 1.5.4, master.",
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  "published_at": "2026-07-02T08:16:39.23+00:00"
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