CVE-2018-16131

The decodeRequest and decodeRequestWith directives in Lightbend Akka HTTP 10.1.x through 10.1.4 and 10.0.x through 10.0.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a ZIP bomb.

• CWE-400

• https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-foundVendor Advisory
• https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjg
• https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-foundVendor Advisory
• https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjg

Published

Aug 30, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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