Mend.io Vulnerability Database
The largest open source vulnerability database
What is a Vulnerability ID?
New vulnerability? Tell us about it!
CVE-2026-97705
Published:November 04, 2026
Updated:November 05, 2026
Moleculer is a progressive microservices framework for Node.js. Prior to 0.14.36 and 0.15.2, Parser._write in src/transporters/tcp/parser.js used Buffer.prototype.readInt32BE to read a signed packet length, so a remote unauthenticated peer could supply a negative value that caused packet.slice(length) to return the unchanged buffer while the while (packet.length > 0) loop continued indefinitely. The synchronous loop blocked the Node.js event loop and made every service in the process unresponsive until restart. The TCP transporter must be enabled and reachable, and neither CRC validation nor maxPacketSize prevents the malformed length value. This issue is fixed in versions 0.14.36 and 0.15.2.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.15.0-beta1 <v0.15.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.15.2
https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.12.0-beta1 <v0.14.36 || >=v0.13.0-beta1 <v0.14.36 || >=v0.14.0-beta1 <v0.14.36
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.14.36
moleculer (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.15.0-beta1 <0.15.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.15.2
moleculer (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.13.0-beta1 <0.14.36 || >=0.14.0-beta1 <0.14.36 || >=0.12.0-beta1 <0.14.36
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.14.36
Do you need more information?
Contact Us
CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
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
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition