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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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CVE-2026-3816 Detail

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in OWASP DefectDojo up to 2.55.4. This vulnerability affects the function input_zip.read of the file parser.py of the component SonarQubeParser/MSDefenderParser. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.56.0 is able to resolve this issue. The identifier of the patch is e8f1e5131535b8fd80a7b1b3085d676295fdcd41. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 2.1 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/commit/e8f1e5131535b8fd80a7b1b3085d676295fdcd41 VulDB Patch 
https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/pull/14408 VulDB Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo/releases/tag/2.56.0 VulDB Release Notes 
https://github.com/henrrrychau/cve-bug-bounty/blob/main/dfdj_zip_bomb_dos_oom/dfdj_zip_bomb_dos_oom.md VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/henrrrychau/cve-bug-bounty/blob/main/dfdj_zip_bomb_dos_oom/dfdj_zip_bomb_dos_oom.md#supporting-materialreferences VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.349782 VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?id.349782 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.769524 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-3816
NVD Published Date:
03/09/2026
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
VulDB