Bug 2542596 (CVE-2026-101911) - CVE-2026-101911 ip-address: ip-address: Denial of Service via unbounded IPv6 address parsing
Summary: CVE-2026-101911 ip-address: ip-address: Denial of Service via unbounded IPv6 ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-101911
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2546330 2546331 2546332 2546333 2546334
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-09-28 18:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-03 08:28 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:92376 0 None None None 2026-10-29 14:20:41 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:92378 0 None None None 2026-10-29 22:29:19 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-28 18:04:17 UTC
ip-address is a library for parsing and manipulating IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in JavaScript. Prior to 10.7.1, the Address6 constructor, Address6.isValid, and parse code in src/ipv6.ts accept unbounded strings and expand invalid characters through RE_BAD_CHARACTERS into large diagnostics. Material impact occurs only when an application accepts a very large attacker-controlled field and passes it to Address6 parsing without an earlier length bound. Common URL and header limits, and common body-parser defaults, generally constrain the effect; common defaults typically exclude 32 MiB fields. Megabyte-scale fields can cause a synchronous stall and high transient memory use, approximately 16 MiB can trigger an invalid string length exception, and process termination occurs at approximately 32 MiB. The affected entry points include Address6.isValid and construction paths that reach parse. This issue is fixed in version 10.7.1.

Comment 2 Jon Orris 2026-10-29 14:20:34 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:92376 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:92376

Comment 3 Jon Orris 2026-10-29 22:29:13 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:92378 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:92378


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