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CVE-2026-24825

ydb: ydb: Denial of Service via memory leak

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 27, 2026

Updated · September 1, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in ydb. This memory management vulnerability, identified as a 'Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime', exists within the contrib/libs/yajl modules, specifically affecting the yail_tree.C program file. A remote attacker could exploit this by repeatedly triggering memory allocations without proper deallocation. This could lead to resource exhaustion, ultimately causing a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.

Statement

This MODERATE impact memory leak in the yajl modules of ydb can lead to a Denial of Service. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by repeatedly triggering memory allocations without proper deallocation, causing resource exhaustion..

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime