CVE-2026-105270
Unbounded atom creation while parsing SAML messages in esaml allows atom table exhaustion
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 7, 2026
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in esaml_binding in dropbox esaml allows an unauthenticated attacker to exhaust the Erlang VM atom table and crash the node via a crafted SAMLResponse.
esaml_binding:decode_response/2 parses the decoded SAMLResponse with xmerl_scan:string/2, which interns every element name, attribute name, and namespace prefix it reads as a permanent atom. The SAML consume (ACS) and single-logout endpoints call it on unauthenticated requests before any signature check, so one well-formed document with thousands of distinct names mints thousands of atoms while staying inside the 128 KB request body limit. Atoms are never reclaimed and the VM caps the atom table at about one million entries, so a few dozen requests abort the node.
This issue affects esaml: from 0.1.0 onward.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | EEF |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
esamlarekinath |
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esamlhandnot2 |
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esamldropbox |
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esamldropbox |
|
References
- EEF CNA record for CVE-2026-105270relatedthird-party-advisory
- OSV record EEF-CVE-2026-105270related
- Introducing commit deeb843 in arekinath/esamlrelated
- Introducing commit deeb843 in handnot2/esamlrelated
- Introducing commit deeb843 in dropbox/esamlrelatedbroken-link
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