CVE-2026-22803 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting SvelteKit versions 2.49.0 through 2.49.4. An attacker can exploit an experimental form remote function by sending a specially crafted binary payload, leading to excessive memory allocation and server exhaustion. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 11 mentions and one media article, suggesting awareness among researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.49.0, < 2.49.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:svelte:kit:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.