An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust
server memory via the GetEndpoints Discovery Service in open62541. The
endpointUrl field of GetEndpointsRequest is not validated for length. An
attacker can declare an arbitrarily large string (up to ~4.09 GB via the UInt32
length field) 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 configurations.
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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| Description | An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust server memory via the GetEndpoints Discovery Service in open62541. The endpointUrl field of GetEndpointsRequest is not validated for length. An attacker can declare an arbitrarily large string (up to ~4.09 GB via the UInt32 length field) 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 configurations. The issue affects open62541: from 1.4.0 through 1.4.16, from 1.5.0 through 1.5.4, master. | |
| Title | GetEndpoints Memory Exhaustion in open62541 | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 CWE-789 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ENISA
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-02T12:15:49.245Z
Reserved: 2026-06-10T21:38:14.592Z
Link: CVE-2026-11946
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