CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
6465 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-V5VJ-FX42-XFRR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-23 00:31 – Updated: 2026-07-24 21:32An issue in Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd.Protegent 360 v2.0.0.4 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the function sub_13828
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-22T23:16:35Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "An issue in Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd.Protegent 360 v2.0.0.4 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the function sub_13828",
"id": "GHSA-v5vj-fx42-xfrr",
"modified": "2026-07-24T21:32:21Z",
"published": "2026-07-23T00:31:28Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-38763"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://dreadsec.co/p/protogent-kernel-anti-virus-multiple-vulnerabilities.html"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/D7EAD"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-V62J-CXHH-FQ22
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-13 00:00 – Updated: 2022-09-16 21:00graphql-java before 19.0, 18.3, and 17.4 is vulnerable to Denial of Service. An attacker send a malicious GraphQL query that consumes CPU resources. The fixed versions are 19.0, 18.3, and 17.4.
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"name": "com.graphql-java:graphql-java"
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"introduced": "18.0"
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"fixed": "18.3"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-37734"
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-09-16T21:00:08Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2022-09-12T14:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "graphql-java before 19.0, 18.3, and 17.4 is vulnerable to Denial of Service. An attacker send a malicious GraphQL query that consumes CPU resources. The fixed versions are 19.0, 18.3, and 17.4.",
"id": "GHSA-v62j-cxhh-fq22",
"modified": "2022-09-16T21:00:08Z",
"published": "2022-09-13T00:00:39Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37734"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/graphql-java/graphql-java/issues/2888"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/graphql-java/graphql-java/pull/2892"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/graphql-java/graphql-java"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/graphql-java/graphql-java/discussions/2958"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/graphql-java/graphql-java/releases"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMGRAPHQLJAVA-3021519"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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],
"summary": "graphql-java vulnerable to Denial of Service via GraphQL query that consumes CPU resources"
}
GHSA-V63Q-HGQC-QVPG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-03 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-02 14:07MooTools is a collection of JavaScript utilities for JavaScript developers. All known versions include a CSS selector parser that is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). An attack requires that an attacker can inject a string into a CSS selector at runtime, which is quite common with e.g. jQuery CSS selectors. No patches are available for this issue.
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"name": "mootools"
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"last_affected": "1.5.2"
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"CWE-1333",
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-02T14:06:51Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2023-01-03T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "MooTools is a collection of JavaScript utilities for JavaScript developers. All known versions include a CSS selector parser that is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). An attack requires that an attacker can inject a string into a CSS selector at runtime, which is quite common with e.g. jQuery CSS selectors. No patches are available for this issue.",
"id": "GHSA-v63q-hgqc-qvpg",
"modified": "2024-04-02T14:07:06Z",
"published": "2023-01-03T18:30:25Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32821"
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/vsviridov/mootools-node"
},
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-345-redos-mootools"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"summary": "MooTools Regular Expression Denial of Service"
}
GHSA-V648-CF9R-9M29
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-02 00:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 06:29An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.2 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible by using crafted payloads to search Harbor Registry.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-0632"
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"CWE-1333",
"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-08-02T00:15:16Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.2 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible by using crafted payloads to search Harbor Registry.",
"id": "GHSA-v648-cf9r-9m29",
"modified": "2024-04-04T06:29:11Z",
"published": "2023-08-02T00:30:40Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0632"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1852677"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/390148"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-V65M-FC48-54HW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-09 18:30 – Updated: 2024-07-09 18:30Windows Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-09T17:15:30Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Windows Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Server Denial of Service Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-v65m-fc48-54hw",
"modified": "2024-07-09T18:30:51Z",
"published": "2024-07-09T18:30:51Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38031"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38031"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V685-V3QP-PGJP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-19 21:31 – Updated: 2025-05-08 18:30A lack of rate limiting in the 'Forgot Password', 'Email Settings' feature of PHPJabbers Event Booking Calendar v4.0 allows attackers to send an excessive amount of email for a legitimate user, leading to a possible Denial of Service (DoS) via a large amount of generated e-mail messages.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-51293"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-19T19:15:14Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A lack of rate limiting in the \u0027Forgot Password\u0027, \u0027Email Settings\u0027 feature of PHPJabbers Event Booking Calendar v4.0 allows attackers to send an excessive amount of email for a legitimate user, leading to a possible Denial of Service (DoS) via a large amount of generated e-mail messages.",
"id": "GHSA-v685-v3qp-pgjp",
"modified": "2025-05-08T18:30:36Z",
"published": "2025-02-19T21:31:38Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51293"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://packetstorm.news/files/id/176495"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.phpjabbers.com/event-booking-calendar/#sectionDemo"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176495/PHPJabbers-Event-Booking-Calendar-4.0-Missing-Rate-Limiting.html"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V687-G54P-GVWJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:12 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:12An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the resource allocation handling of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When encountering errors while parsing mDNS messages, some allocated data is not freed, possibly leading to a denial-of-service condition via resource exhaustion. An attacker can send one mDNS message repeatedly to trigger this vulnerability through the function rr_read_RR [5] reads the current resource record, except for the RDATA section. This is read by the loop at in rr_read. For each RR type, a different function is called. When the RR type is 0x10, the function rr_read_TXT is called at [6].
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-6080"
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"CWE-400",
"CWE-401"
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"nvd_published_at": "2020-03-24T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the resource allocation handling of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When encountering errors while parsing mDNS messages, some allocated data is not freed, possibly leading to a denial-of-service condition via resource exhaustion. An attacker can send one mDNS message repeatedly to trigger this vulnerability through the function rr_read_RR [5] reads the current resource record, except for the RDATA section. This is read by the loop at in rr_read. For each RR type, a different function is called. When the RR type is 0x10, the function rr_read_TXT is called at [6].",
"id": "GHSA-v687-g54p-gvwj",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:12:35Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:12:35Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6080"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-10"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1002"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4671"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-V6CF-MV9H-C8MC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-16 12:30 – Updated: 2025-08-19 14:31Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0 bc-fips (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files org.Bouncycastle.Crypto.Fips.NativeLoader.
This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0: from BC-FJA 2.1.0 through 2.1.0.
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"aliases": [
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"github_reviewed_at": "2025-08-19T14:31:17Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-16T11:15:45Z",
"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0 bc-fips (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files org.Bouncycastle.Crypto.Fips.NativeLoader.\n\nThis issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java - BC-FJA 2.1.0: from BC-FJA 2.1.0 through 2.1.0.",
"id": "GHSA-v6cf-mv9h-c8mc",
"modified": "2025-08-19T14:31:17Z",
"published": "2025-08-16T12:30:32Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9092"
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java"
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"url": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902025%E2%80%909092"
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"type": "CVSS_V4"
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"summary": "Bouncy Castle for Java Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability"
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GHSA-V6CJ-VF2P-GJC7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 00:31 – Updated: 2026-09-14 18:31An issue in ZJU-FAST-Lab EGO-Planner-v2 All versions up to commit 5c99a95880401e2599638d567abc0e240396cb42 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via the EGOReplanFSM component
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"details": "An issue in ZJU-FAST-Lab EGO-Planner-v2 All versions up to commit 5c99a95880401e2599638d567abc0e240396cb42 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via the EGOReplanFSM component",
"id": "GHSA-v6cj-vf2p-gjc7",
"modified": "2026-09-14T18:31:14Z",
"published": "2026-09-11T00:31:13Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71643"
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"url": "https://github.com/ZJU-FAST-Lab/EGO-Planner-v2/issues/64"
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"url": "https://gist.github.com/DongJiaxin0422/0d9b5d8d3bff919f626ae20040b90727"
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"url": "https://github.com/ZJU-FAST-Lab/EGO-Planner-v2"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-V6CP-2P94-JRP7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-26 15:30 – Updated: 2024-07-03 18:37Jerryscript commit cefd391 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the component scanner_seek at jerry-core/parser/js/js-scanner-util.c.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-26T15:15:49Z",
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"details": "Jerryscript commit cefd391 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the component scanner_seek at jerry-core/parser/js/js-scanner-util.c.",
"id": "GHSA-v6cp-2p94-jrp7",
"modified": "2024-07-03T18:37:04Z",
"published": "2024-04-26T15:30:34Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33259"
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"url": "https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/issues/5132"
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Mitigation
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place. The login application should be protected against DoS attacks as much as possible. Limiting the database access, perhaps by caching result sets, can help minimize the resources expended. To further limit the potential for a DoS attack, consider tracking the rate of requests received from users and blocking requests that exceed a defined rate threshold.
Mitigation
- Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
- The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
- The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute -- and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.
- recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or
- uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Mitigation
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
Mitigation
Ensure that all failures in resource allocation place the system into a safe posture.
CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death
An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
CAPEC-227: Sustained Client Engagement
An adversary attempts to deny legitimate users access to a resource by continually engaging a specific resource in an attempt to keep the resource tied up as long as possible. The adversary's primary goal is not to crash or flood the target, which would alert defenders; rather it is to repeatedly perform actions or abuse algorithmic flaws such that a given resource is tied up and not available to a legitimate user. By carefully crafting a requests that keep the resource engaged through what is seemingly benign requests, legitimate users are limited or completely denied access to the resource.
CAPEC-492: Regular Expression Exponential Blowup
An adversary may execute an attack on a program that uses a poor Regular Expression(Regex) implementation by choosing input that results in an extreme situation for the Regex. A typical extreme situation operates at exponential time compared to the input size. This is due to most implementations using a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton(NFA) state machine to be built by the Regex algorithm since NFA allows backtracking and thus more complex regular expressions.