Dulwich before 1.2.9 contains a denial of service vulnerability in Pack.resolve_object that allows attackers to cause infinite recursion via self-referential OFS_DELTA objects. Attackers can supply a malicious packfile with an OFS_DELTA delta_offset of 0 to exhaust CPU during clone, fetch, or cat-file operations.
History

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


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First Time appeared Jelmer
Jelmer dulwich
Vendors & Products Jelmer
Jelmer dulwich

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Dulwich before 1.2.9 contains a denial of service vulnerability in Pack.resolve_object that allows attackers to cause infinite recursion via self-referential OFS_DELTA objects. Attackers can supply a malicious packfile with an OFS_DELTA delta_offset of 0 to exhaust CPU during clone, fetch, or cat-file operations.
Title Dulwich before 1.2.9 Infinite Loop DoS via Pack.resolve_object
First Time appeared Dulwich Project
Dulwich Project dulwich
Weaknesses CWE-835
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dulwich_project:dulwich:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Dulwich Project
Dulwich Project dulwich
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-21T00:36:59.083Z

Updated: 2026-10-21T15:49:44.928Z

Reserved: 2026-10-20T21:46:55.741Z

Link: CVE-2026-114095

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T14:40:36.455Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-21T01:17:34.763

Modified: 2026-10-21T16:17:30.937

Link: CVE-2026-114095

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-21T00:36:59Z

Links: CVE-2026-114095 - Bugzilla