CVE-2026-16551 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Denial-of-Service in Thinkst Applied Research OpenCanary (MongoDB module) allows Excessive Allocation. This issue affects OpenCanary 0.9.8 only.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/security/advisories/GHSA-vg37-pc42-q265

History

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Denial-of-Service in Thinkst Applied Research OpenCanary (MongoDB module) allows Excessive Allocation. This issue affects OpenCanary 0.9.8 only.
Title		Denial-of-Service in OpenCanary's MongoDB module
Weaknesses		CWE-20 CWE-835
References		https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/security/advisories/GHSA-vg37-pc42-q265
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/S:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ThinkstAppliedResearch

Published: 2026-07-22T11:22:41.874Z

Updated: 2026-07-22T12:21:05.130Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T10:57:39.812Z

Link: CVE-2026-16551

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-22T12:20:52.374Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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