Authenticated pipeline crash via unbounded archive extraction
Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Aug 11, 2026
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Malcolm before 26.07.0 allows remote authenticated users to crash its filebeat processing pipeline. The extract_libarchive loop in safe-extract.py creates every archive entry without limiting entry count, nesting depth, expanded size, or resulting inode use. Access requires ROLE_UPLOAD, and inode exhaustion stops core ingestion and can disrupt services sharing the same filesystem mount.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Malcolm before 26.07.0 allows remote authenticated users to crash its filebeat processing pipeline. The extract_libarchive loop in safe-extract.py creates every archive entry without limiting entry count, nesting depth, expanded size, or resulting inode use. Access requires ROLE_UPLOAD, and inode exhaustion stops core ingestion and can disrupt services sharing the same filesystem mount.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-63133
- Published
- Aug 11, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- Product
- Malcolm
- Classifications
- CWE-770, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 26.07.0
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- GHSA-c35g-mgc3-95rx archive-entry flood proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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