CVE-2026-48511

MessagePack-CSharp: ExpandoObject formatter can perform quadratic insertion work on untrusted maps

State
Published
Severity
6.3 Medium
Published
Jun 22, 2026
Updated
Jun 25, 2026
Reserved
May 21, 2026

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Description

MessagePack for C# is a MessagePack serializer for C#. Prior to 2.5.301 and 3.1.7, ExpandoObjectFormatter.Deserialize populates System.Dynamic.ExpandoObject by calling IDictionary<string, object>.Add for each map entry. ExpandoObject internally maintains member names in array-like structures, so inserting many distinct keys can require repeated linear scans and array copies. For large attacker-controlled maps, this produces quadratic CPU and allocation behavior. The issue is especially surprising because ExpandoObjectResolver.Options is configured with MessagePackSecurity.UntrustedData, but collision-resistant dictionary comparers cannot protect ExpandoObject insertion internals. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.5.301 and 3.1.7.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.3 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Affected Products

ProductVersions
MessagePack-CSharpMessagePack-CSharp
  • >= 3.0, < 3.1.7Affected
  • < 2.5.301Affected

References

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