Authenticated heap exhaustion via eager range() materialization
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 2026
Denial of service in ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service via oversized Cypher range() queries. The Cypher range() implementation eagerly materializes every integer in the requested range into a Java ArrayList and does not reject cardinalities that exceed available heap, leading to java.lang.OutOfMemoryError during list growth. Reachability requires permission to execute Cypher queries; a single tested request returned HTTP 500 and the JVM recovered, but repeated or concurrent requests can degrade other requests or temporarily make the service unavailable.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 allows remote authenticated users to interrupt service via oversized Cypher range() queries. The Cypher range() implementation eagerly materializes every integer in the requested range into a Java ArrayList and does not reject cardinalities that exceed available heap, leading to java.lang.OutOfMemoryError during list growth. Reachability requires permission to execute Cypher queries; a single tested request returned HTTP 500 and the JVM recovered, but repeated or concurrent requests can degrade other requests or temporarily make the service unavailable.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-75841
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- Vendor
- Arcade Data
- Product
- ArcadeDB
- Classifications
- CWE-770, CAPEC-130, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <26.8.1
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Public exploit references
- GitHub advisory PoC for oversized Cypher range() heap exhaustionproof of concept · demonstrated
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