Vulnerability in MessagePack (CVE-2026-48515)
Summary
Vulnerability in MessagePack (CVE-2026-48515). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via MessagePackSecurity.UntrustedData. Mitigation: upgrade to 3.1.7 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
MessagePack-CSharp's multi-dimensional array formatters read dimension lengths directly from the payload and allocate T[,], T[,,], or T[,,,] before validating that the dimension product matches the encoded element count.
The formatter reads a guarded element array header, but allocation of the target multi-dimensional array happens before the dimensions are checked against that element count. A small payload can therefore declare large dimensions, provide an empty or tiny inner array, and cause a large heap allocation before element data is validated.
Impact
Applications are affected when they deserialize untrusted MessagePack payloads into models containing multi-dimensional arrays such as T[,], T[,,], or T[,,,].
An attacker can encode large dimension integers and a small guarded element array. The formatter allocates the target array from the dimensions before confirming that the product of dimensions is consistent with the element count.
The result can be out-of-memory exceptions, container termination on memory-constrained hosts, large object heap pressure, or severe CPU cost from zero-initializing oversized arrays. MessagePackSecurity.UntrustedData does not provide a general allocation cap for this path.
Affected components
- Package:
MessagePack - APIs:
TwoDimensionalArrayFormatter.Deserialize,ThreeDimensionalArrayFormatter.Deserialize,FourDimensionalArrayFormatter.Deserialize - Data shapes:
T[,],T[,,], andT[,,,]…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-48515 has been found in MessagePack.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like MessagePackSecurity.UntrustedData over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade MessagePack to 3.1.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "MessagePack CVE-2026-48515" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-48515 (MessagePack) — CWE-770 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: MessagePackSecurity.UntrustedData / MessagePack
Patched: 3.1.7 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-770) exists in MessagePack. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via MessagePackSecurity.UntrustedData without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of MessagePack. Attack surface: MessagePackSecurity.UntrustedData / MessagePack.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 3.1.7.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'MessagePack' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'MessagePack' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
MessagePackを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade MessagePack to 3.1.7ステージング環境で 3.1.7 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com