CVE-2026-16551 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Denial-of-Service in Thinkst Applied Research OpenCanary (MongoDB module) allows Excessive Allocation.

This issue affects OpenCanary 0.9.8 only.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Thinkst Applied Research

OpenCanary

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.9.8`	affected	—
`0.9.9`	unaffected	—

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/security/advisories/GHSA-vg37-pc42-q265

History

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Denial-of-Service in Thinkst Applied Research OpenCanary (MongoDB module) allows Excessive Allocation. This issue affects OpenCanary 0.9.8 only.
Title		Denial-of-Service in OpenCanary's MongoDB module
Weaknesses		CWE-20 CWE-835
References		https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/security/advisories/GHSA-vg37-pc42-q265
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/S:N'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ThinkstAppliedResearch

Published: 2026-07-22T11:22:41.874Z

Updated: 2026-07-22T12:21:05.130Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T10:57:39.812Z

Link: CVE-2026-16551

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Weaknesses

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