Vulnerability in github.com/klever-io/klever-go (CVE-2026-52879)
Summary
Vulnerability in github.com/klever-io/klever-go (CVE-2026-52879). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via networkMessenger.directMessageHandler. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.7.18 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
networkMessenger.directMessageHandler in network/p2p/libp2p/netMessenger.go spawns a fresh goroutine for every incoming direct message before the antiflood layer makes an admission decision. There is no semaphore, throttler, or bound on concurrent in-flight spawns.
A single connected libp2p peer can open a DirectSendID stream and send well-formed TopicMessage envelopes with varying sequence numbers. Each accepted direct message reaches directMessageHandler and triggers a fresh goroutine before processor.ProcessReceivedMessage runs. This allows unbounded goroutine growth and node availability degradation from one peer.
This remains present in the latest release v1.7.17: network/p2p/libp2p/netMessenger.go:1060 still spawns go func(msg p2p.MessageP2P) before processor.ProcessReceivedMessage. I also verified current develop commit 10bcfd50, where the same spawn remains at network/p2p/libp2p/netMessenger.go:1115.
This is distinct from GHSA-74m6-4hjp-7226 and GHSA-87m7-qffr-542v. Those advisories concern MultiDataInterceptor decompression/throttler behavior. This report concerns the libp2p direct-message ingress wrapper spawning an unbounded goroutine before processor-level antiflood/admission logic runs. A patch to Batch.Decompress or MultiDataInterceptor does not bound this direct-message goroutine spawn.
Details
The affected path is network/p2p/libp2p/netMessenger.go in directMessageHandler.
The direct-message path trans…
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-52879 has been found in github.com/klever-io/klever-go.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like networkMessenger.directMessageHandler over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade github.com/klever-io/klever-go to 1.7.18 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "github.com/klever-io/klever-go CVE-2026-52879" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-52879 (github.com/klever-io/klever-go) — CWE-400 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: networkMessenger.directMessageHandler / DirectSendID / TopicMessage / directMessageHandler
Patched: 1.7.18 — 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-400) exists in github.com/klever-io/klever-go. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via networkMessenger.directMessageHandler without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of github.com/klever-io/klever-go. Attack surface: networkMessenger.directMessageHandler / DirectSendID / TopicMessage / directMessageHandler.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 1.7.18.
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 'github.com/klever-io/klever-go' . 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 'github.com/klever-io/klever-go' . | 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
github.com/klever-io/klever-go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 github.com/klever-io/klever-go to 1.7.18ステージング環境で 1.7.18 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
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web security-advisories@github.com
- web github.com