Skip to main content

Boteraser | Website and Server Security Solutions

🛡️ GHSA-vrhm-gvg7-fpcf — kit

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-770 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Memory exhaustion in SvelteKit remote form deserialization (experimental only)

Versions of @sveltejs/kit prior to 2.52.2 with remote functions enabled can be vulnerable to memory exhaustion. Malformed form data can cause the server process to crash due to excessive memory allocation, resulting in denial of service.

Only applications using both experimental.remoteFunctions and form are vulnerable.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: Present — the target has to be in a particular state for the attack to work.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

GHSA-vrhm-gvg7-fpcf is classified as CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Resources are allocated on request with no cap, so a client can exhaust them.

Affected software

GHSA-vrhm-gvg7-fpcf is recorded against 1 package.

  • @sveltejs/kit

Timeline and source

Published on 19 February 2026 and last revised on 22 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

@sveltejs/kit has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits) in other software:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
CWE CWE-770
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-02-19
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-02-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
@sveltejs/kit — —

Similar Threats

Free Vulnerability Check

Is your site affected by GHSA-vrhm-gvg7-fpcf?

BotEraser helps you identify potentially vulnerable plugins and themes by checking your installation against GHSA-vrhm-gvg7-fpcf and other known CVE records.

Scan My Site Free →

No credit card required  ·  Results in minutes

ⓘ Data Notice: The information presented above has been compiled from publicly available internet sources. Boteraser aggregates this data solely for informational purposes and does not independently classify, evaluate, or endorse any findings about the vulnerabilities listed. The accuracy and completeness of this information is the sole responsibility of the original publishers. Boteraser and its operators accept no liability for any decisions made based on this data.

Browse related advisories

All advisoriesGitHub AdvisoryGitHub Advisory Undated
✓