CVE-2026-67585Network attack vector

Erlang VM abort via atom exhaustion

Published Aug 7, 2026 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Resource exhaustion in Absinthe.Federation before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to abort the Erlang VM through crafted _entities keys. The _entities resolver passes each freely named key in the open-ended representations argument to convert_key/2, which calls String.to_atom/1 and permanently fills the bounded BEAM atom table. Unauthenticated network access to a federation endpoint is sufficient; exhaustion terminates the node and interrupts service without reading or altering data.

CVSS severity8.7
High
EPSS probability0.41%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in Absinthe.Federation before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to abort the Erlang VM through crafted _entities keys. The _entities resolver passes each freely named key in the open-ended representations argument to convert_key/2, which calls String.to_atom/1 and permanently fills the bounded BEAM atom table. Unauthenticated network access to a federation endpoint is sufficient; exhaustion terminates the node and interrupts service without reading or altering data.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-67585
Published
Aug 7, 2026
Updated
Aug 7, 2026
Vendor
Absinthe
Product
Absinthe.Federation
Classifications
CWE-770, CAPEC-130, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 7, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 7, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0.1.0 <0.9.3
  2. Affected versionversion=640a234a26b2d6fe5d9d21e00e5f4fce5645c0bf <c3838cda2a7f65c4893291668c223b0d6acf4516

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Absinthe · Absinthe.Federationversion=0.1.0 <0.9.3; version=640a234a26b2d6fe5d9d21e00e5f4fce5645c0bf <c3838cda2a7f65c4893291668c223b0d6acf4516

Published CVSS scores

8.7Erlang Ecosystem FoundationCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CAPEC-130Excessive Allocation
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

Public exploit references

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Technologies

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