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CVE-2026-97394

HIGH 7.5

Published 2026-10-15 · Last modified 2026-10-20

kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. From 0.136.0 until 0.143.0, openapi3filter accepts OpenAPI 3.1 array schemas without an items keyword and then dereferences the nil Schema.Items value while decoding application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data request bodies, response headers, and other array parameter surfaces. A remote unauthenticated client can reach an affected operation with a nonempty request or matching response and deterministically trigger a nil-pointer panic during ValidateRequest or ValidateResponse. OpenAPI 3.0 documents are not affected because document validation rejects arrays without items, and JSON request bodies use a different decoder path. This issue is fixed in version 0.143.0.

ELEVATED IMPACT

Severe if exploited (CVSS 7.5), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.

Exploitation likelihood

0.6%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 49th percentile

○ In CISA KEV ○ Catalogued PoC

Impact if exploited

7.5CVSS 3.1 · HIGH

  • ConfidentialityNone
  • IntegrityNone
  • AvailabilityHigh

What an attacker needs

  • ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
  • ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
  • ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
  • ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable

✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it

Proof of concept

No public PoC is currently catalogued.

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Data snapshot:

Affected

Vendors Getkin

Products Kin Openapi

Weakness (CWE)

  • CWE-248: : Uncaught Exception
  • CWE-476: : NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

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

References and research data (JSON)

Packages and version ranges

Each advisory describes its own package and affected ranges. A boundary applies to that range; it is not a universal upgrade recommendation.

  • github.com/getkin/kin-openapi Go

    pkg:golang/github.com/getkin/kin-openapi

    SEMVER range
    • Introduced version (included): 0.136.0
    • Fixed boundary (excluded): 0.143.0
    Additional upstream package constraints
    {
  "database": {
    "source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-p6wj-qrr4-pgh5/GHSA-p6wj-qrr4-pgh5.json"
  }
}
    GitHub Advisory Database · GHSA-p6wj-qrr4-pgh5 · Updated 2026-10-21T03:11:56.394072112Z

Vendor product assessments

  • grafana12.4-0:12.4.12-0.4.hum1@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=aarch64&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-aarch64-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • grafana12.4-0:12.4.12-0.4.hum1@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=src&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-source-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • grafana12.4-0:12.4.12-0.4.hum1@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=x86_64&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-x86_64-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • grafana13.1-0:13.1.7-0.1.hum1@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=aarch64&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-aarch64-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • grafana13.1-0:13.1.7-0.1.hum1@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=src&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-source-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • grafana13.1-0:13.1.7-0.1.hum1@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=x86_64&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-x86_64-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • grafana13.2-0:13.2.3-0.1.hum1@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=aarch64&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-aarch64-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • grafana13.2-0:13.2.3-0.1.hum1@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=src&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-source-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • grafana13.2-0:13.2.3-0.1.hum1@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=x86_64&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-x86_64-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • hugo-0:0.168.0-0.1.hum1@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=aarch64&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-aarch64-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • hugo-0:0.168.0-0.1.hum1@s390x as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=s390x&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-s390x-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • hugo-0:0.168.0-0.1.hum1@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=src&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-source-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • hugo-0:0.168.0-0.1.hum1@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · fixed

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=x86_64&distro=hummingbird-20251124&repository_id=public-hummingbird-x86_64-rpms

    • vendor fix: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Vendor guidance
    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00
  • go-fdo-server.src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/[email protected]?arch=src

    Red Hat · CVE-2026-97394 · Updated 2026-10-17T03:51:30+00:00

All CVSS metrics

  • HIGH 7.5 v3.1 · CNA Primary
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • HIGH 7.5 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Exploit-tagged references (not proof of a PoC)

Advisories

Technical & other

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