November 13, 2026 Follow Egret
CVE-2026-97705 · CVE record: PUBLISHED

Moleculer: Unauthenticated Denial of Service via negative length field in the TCP transporter packet parser

moleculerjs moleculer

Moleculer is a progressive microservices framework for Node.js. Prior to 0.14.36 and 0.15.2, Parser._write in src/transporters/tcp/parser.js used Buffer.prototype.readInt32BE to read a signed packet length, so a remote unauthenticated peer could supply a negative value that caused packet.slice(length) to return the unchanged buffer while the while (packet.length > 0) loop continued indefinitely. The synchronous loop blocked the Node.js event loop and made every service in the process unresponsive until restart. The TCP transporter must be enabled and reachable, and neither CRC validation nor maxPacketSize prevents the malformed length value. This issue is fixed in versions 0.14.36 and 0.15.2.

Exploitation evidence

Not listed in the latest downloaded CISA KEV catalog. This does not establish an absence of exploitation.

KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗

Reported products and versions

moleculerjs / moleculer

Default status: Not specified

  • affected: >= 0.15.0, < 0.15.2
  • affected: < 0.14.36

Fixes and workarounds

No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.

Sources and related reporting

CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON

Monitored source mentions

Shared CVE identifiers link source mentions; they do not establish that the reports describe the same incident.

Observed change timeline

History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.

12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated

Stored EPSS snapshot at this observation.

{
  "date": "2026-11-12",
  "epss": 0.0035,
  "percentile": 0.29099
}
10 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated

Stored EPSS snapshot at this observation.

{
  "date": "2026-11-10",
  "epss": 0.0035,
  "percentile": 0.28952
}
10 Nov 2026, 12:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated

Stored EPSS snapshot at this observation.

{
  "date": "2026-11-09",
  "epss": 0.0035,
  "percentile": 0.28899
}
10 Nov 2026, 12:20 Jerusalem · CVE Program record changed

Stored CNA snapshot at this observation.

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "metrics": [
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2026-97705",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "yes"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2026-11-05T19:18:32.217571Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2026-11-05T19:18:45.325Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "moleculer",
          "vendor": "moleculerjs",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": ">= 0.15.0, < 0.15.2"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "< 0.14.36"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Moleculer is a progressive microservices framework for Node.js. Prior to 0.14.36 and 0.15.2, Parser._write in src/transporters/tcp/parser.js used Buffer.prototype.readInt32BE to read a signed packet length, so a remote unauthenticated peer could supply a negative value that caused packet.slice(length) to return the unchanged buffer while the while (packet.length > 0) loop continued indefinitely. The synchronous loop blocked the Node.js event loop and made every service in the process unresponsive until restart. The TCP transporter must be enabled and reachable, and neither CRC validation nor maxPacketSize prevents the malformed length value. This issue is fixed in versions 0.14.36 and 0.15.2."
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 7.5,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          }
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-835",
              "description": "CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-11-04T19:28:56.273Z",
        "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
        "shortName": "GitHub_M"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/security/advisories/GHSA-h89v-g948-47vp",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/security/advisories/GHSA-h89v-g948-47vp"
        },
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/commit/168ecbdc245c9a9d1dc4ef9b8a81dbae38ee3063",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/commit/168ecbdc245c9a9d1dc4ef9b8a81dbae38ee3063"
        },
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/commit/914074e502ae403a0338ad168b45b16d6bcc3e44",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/commit/914074e502ae403a0338ad168b45b16d6bcc3e44"
        },
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/releases/tag/v0.14.36",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/releases/tag/v0.14.36"
        },
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/releases/tag/v0.15.2",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer/releases/tag/v0.15.2"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "advisory": "GHSA-h89v-g948-47vp",
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
      },
      "title": "Moleculer: Unauthenticated Denial of Service via negative length field in the TCP transporter packet parser"
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
    "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-97705",
    "datePublished": "2026-11-04T19:28:56.273Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-09-24T21:43:37.209Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-11-05T19:18:45.325Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2"
}
Egret — Back to top Egret