CVE-2026-41309

Open Source Social Network (OSSN) Vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion via Malicious Image Processing

State
Published
Severity
8.2 High
Published
Apr 24, 2026
Updated
Apr 24, 2026
Reserved
Apr 20, 2026

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Description

Open Source Social Network (OSSN) is open-source social networking software developed in PHP. Versions prior to 9.0 are vulnerable to resource exhaustion. An attacker can upload a specially crafted image with extreme pixel dimensions (e.g., $10000 \times 10000$ pixels). While the compressed file size on disk may be small, the server attempts to allocate significant memory and CPU cycles during the decompression and resizing process, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. It is highly recommended to upgrade to OSSN 9.0. This version introduces stricter validation of image dimensions and improved resource management during the processing phase. Those who cannot upgrade immediately can mitigate the risk by adjusting their `php.ini` settings to strictly limit `memory_limit` and `max_execution_time` and/or implementing a client-side and server-side check on image headers to reject files exceeding reasonable pixel dimensions (e.g., $4000 \times 4000$ pixels) before processing begins.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products

ProductVersions
opensource-socialnetworkopensource-socialnetwork
  • < 9.0Affected

References

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