CVE-2026-97394Public exploitNetwork attack vectorHinoki check available

Request abort via unchecked array-items dereference

Published Oct 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026

Nil-pointer dereference in kin-openapi openapi3filter allows remote attackers to abort HTTP requests during validation. UrlencodedBodyDecoder, MultipartBodyDecoder, and parseArray dereference missing Schema.Items values accepted in OpenAPI 3.1 array schemas. Exposure requires an affected form-body, response-header, or array-parameter operation; JSON request bodies and validated OpenAPI 3.0 documents are unaffected, and an unrecovered panic crashes the process.

CVSS severity7.5
High
EPSS probability0.43%
Next 30 days · Oct 19, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Nil-pointer dereference in kin-openapi openapi3filter allows remote attackers to abort HTTP requests during validation. UrlencodedBodyDecoder, MultipartBodyDecoder, and parseArray dereference missing Schema.Items values accepted in OpenAPI 3.1 array schemas. Exposure requires an affected form-body, response-header, or array-parameter operation; JSON request bodies and validated OpenAPI 3.0 documents are unaffected, and an unrecovered panic crashes the process.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-97394
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Vendor
getkin
Product
kin-openapi
Classifications
CWE-248, CWE-476, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=>= 0.136.0, < 0.143.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

getkin · kin-openapiversion=>= 0.136.0, < 0.143.0

Published CVSS scores

7.5GitHubCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 22, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 28, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-248Uncaught Exception
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

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