CVE-2026-3816

OWASP DefectDojo SonarQubeParser/MSDefenderParser parser.py input_zip.read denial of service

State: Published
Severity: 5.3 Medium
Published: Mar 9, 2026
Updated: Mar 9, 2026
Reserved: Mar 8, 2026

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in OWASP DefectDojo up to 2.55.4. This vulnerability affects the function input_zip.read of the file parser.py of the component SonarQubeParser/MSDefenderParser. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.56.0 is able to resolve this issue. The identifier of the patch is e8f1e5131535b8fd80a7b1b3085d676295fdcd41. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.3 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P	VulDB
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C	VulDB
3.0	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C	VulDB
2.0	4.0 Medium	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C	VulDB

Weaknesses

CWE-404 Denial of Service

Affected Products

Product	Versions
DefectDojoOWASP	2.55.0Affected 2.55.1Affected 2.55.2Affected 2.55.3Affected 2.55.4Affected 2.56.0Not affected

References

VDB-349782 | OWASP DefectDojo SonarQubeParser/MSDefenderParser parser.py input_zip.read denial of servicevdb-entrytechnical-description
VDB-349782 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
Submit #769524 | OWASP DefectDojo <= 2.55.4 Denial of Servicethird-party-advisory
https://github.com/henrrrychau/cve-bug-bounty/blob/main/dfdj_zip_bomb_dos_oom/dfdj_zip_bomb_dos_oom.mdrelated
https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/pull/14408issue-trackingpatch
https://github.com/henrrrychau/cve-bug-bounty/blob/main/dfdj_zip_bomb_dos_oom/dfdj_zip_bomb_dos_oom.md#supporting-materialreferencesexploit
https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/commit/e8f1e5131535b8fd80a7b1b3085d676295fdcd41patch
https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/releases/tag/2.56.0patch

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