CVE-2026-53781 json
Summarize < 0.17.0 Disk Exhaustion via Uncapped Media Download
published 5mo ago modified 3d ago also EUVD-2026-36307 , GHSA-q9xm-f36c-xm3q
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Summarize before 0.17.0 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability that allows remote attackers to cause disk exhaustion by serving media responses that bypass the enforced size limit through missing or misreported Content-Length headers, chunked transfer encoding, or failed HEAD requests. Attackers who control a podcast feed or media URL can stream an unbounded response to local storage via the temp-file download path, exhausting disk or system resources on the host running the CLI.
Patch / fix
- npm @steipete/summarize-core 0.17.0
- steipete summarize 0.17.0
- github.com/steipete/summarize@14de194 commit
- github.com/steipete/summarize#237 pull request
- github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.17.0 release
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 4mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @steipete/summarize-core | <0.17.0 |
0.17.0 |
Affected products
- steipete summarize
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
-
github.com
/steipete/summarize/pull/237
issue-tracking, patch, web
-
github.com
/steipete/summarize/commit/14de194c24c5e0fba4bdb4a6f7766eb6ea3ed750
patch, web
-
github.com
/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.17.0
release-notes, web
-
vulncheck.com
/advisories/summarize-disk-exhaustion-via-uncapped-media-download
third-party-advisory, web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53781
advisory
-
github.com
/steipete/summarize
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-53781
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-q9xm-f36c-xm3q
- NVD CVE-2026-53781
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