RUSTSEC-2026-0229 json
NIP-98 authorization parsing permits resource exhaustion
published 3mo ago modified 3mo ago
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, OSV
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- —
- no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The NIP-98 HTTP authorization parser Base64-decoded the complete authorization value and parsed the resulting JSON event without applying an application-level size limit. Both operations occurred before the event's signature and authorization fields could be validated.
An unauthenticated remote client could send an oversized `Authorization: Nostr` header to a server using this parser. Each request caused memory allocation and decoding and JSON parsing work proportional to the supplied value, allowing repeated requests to consume server memory and CPU. The impact depends on any lower HTTP header limit already enforced by the hosting server. The issue does not bypass NIP-98 authentication or disclose protected data.
The parser now rejects oversized encoded input before Base64 allocation and rejects decoded authorization events larger than 64 KiB before JSON parsing.
Patch / fix
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Check with FencerCVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSV | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | nostr | >=0.0.0-0, <0.44.7 |
0.44.7 |
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