{"cve":"CVE-2018-16131","nvd":{"published":"2018-08-30T13:29:00.737","modified":"2026-06-17T01:43:44.577","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"references":["https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-found","https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.html","https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137","https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjg","https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-found"],"products":["lightbend:akka_http"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:53:14.491561039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-16131","score":0.03054,"percentile":0.87583,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-9qgc-p27w-3hjg","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9qgc-p27w-3hjg","summary":"High severity vulnerability that affects com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.11 and com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.12","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:58.719943Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.12","purl":"pkg:maven/com.typesafe.akka/akka-http-core_2.12","ranges":[">=10.1.0 <10.1.4"],"fixed":["10.1.4"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.11","purl":"pkg:maven/com.typesafe.akka/akka-http-core_2.11","ranges":[">=10.1.0 <10.1.4"],"fixed":["10.1.4"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}