8.7
High
CVE-2026-124078 plist.js before 5.0.1 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via Binary Parser
Description
plist.js (npm package 'plist') before 5.0.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the binary property-list parser (parseBinary) that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash a Node.js process by exploiting unmemoized recursive resolution of shared object references for arrays and dictionaries. Attackers can craft a small binary plist (under 200 bytes) containing chained self-referencing object indices to trigger exponential (2^N) resolution calls and memory growth, causing an unrecoverable out-of-memory crash and denial of service.
CVSS 4.0 detail
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitable remotely over the network, without an account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges required
- None
- Interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
- Confidentiality of other systems
- None
- Integrity of other systems
- None
- Availability of other systems
- None
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| plist.js 5.0 | earliest → < 5.0.1 | 5.0.1 |