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CVE-2023-26141

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-26141 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Sidekiq versions prior to 7.1.3. An authenticated attacker can trigger excessive polling requests by manipulating a localStorage value within the dashboard-charts.js file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on availability, but requires high privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:contribsys:sidekiq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0, < 7.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:contribsys:sidekiq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 3,563 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8Fixed in: rubygem-sidekiq-0:6.5.12-1.el8sat
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sidekiqFixed in: 7.1.3
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sidekiqFixed in: 6.5.10
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2Fixed in: 3scale-amp-system-container

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-3qc2-v3hp-6cv8medium

sidekiq Denial of Service vulnerability

Sep 14, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-26141Moderate

sidekiq: DoS in dashboard-charts

Sep 14, 2023

References

gist.github.com / keeganparr1/1dffd3c017339b7ed5371ed3d81e6b2a
Exploit
github.com / sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/6-x/web/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js%23L6
Broken Link
github.com / sidekiq/sidekiq/commit/62c90d7c5a7d8a378d79909859d87c2e0702bf89
Patch
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-RUBY-SIDEKIQ-5885107
Third Party Advisory