CVE-2026-73502
Published:August 18, 2026
Updated:September 23, 2026
openapi3filter.ValidateRequest contains a NULL-pointer-dereference denial of service: any unauthenticated client can crash the request-validation path with a single HTTP request. When an operation declares a content parameter (as opposed to a schema parameter) whose media type object has no schema, request validation dereferences that missing schema and panics. The document is legal under the OpenAPI Specification — kin-openapi's own doc.Validate() accepts it — and the defect affects both OpenAPI 3.0.x and 3.1.x. Depending on how the library is wired into the server (see Impact), this ranges from a per-request abort with unbounded panic-log growth to a full remote process crash.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v0.144.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.144.0github.com/getkin/kin-openapi (GO):
Affected version(s) >=b820876da6b5c3c361d8c2cddebf89e2135f82d7 <v0.144.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.144.0github.com/getkin/kin-openapi (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v0.144.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.144.0Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
NULL Pointer Dereference
EPSS
Base Score:
0.45