CVE-2026-53433

EUVD-2026-40303
fzf is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) due to inefficient HTTP body processing in the --listen mode due to inefficient HTTP body processing using repeated string concatenation, resulting in quadratic time complexity (O(n²)). A crafted POST request with many small segments can trigger excessive CPU usage during request handling.This allows a single malicious request to monopolize the single‑threaded HTTP server, blocking all other clients and resulting in denial of service.

This issue was fixed in version 0.73.1.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 11.71%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
junegunnfzf
𝑥
< 0.73.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
fzf
bookworm
unimportant
bullseye
unimportant
forky
0.74.1-1
fixed
sid
0.74.1-1
fixed
trixie
unimportant
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
fzf
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
questing
ignored
resolute
needs-triage