Report: CVE-2026-42886 - Audiobookshelf: Memory amplification DoS via oversized compressed details entry

Report: CVE-2026-42886 - Audiobookshelf: Memory amplification DoS via oversized compressed details entry

CVE ID :CVE-2026-42886 Published : May 11, 2026, 8:25 p.m. | 36 minutes ago Description :Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.32.2, the POST /api/backups/upload endpoint decompresses the details entry from an uploaded .audiobookshelf ZIP file entirely into memory using zip.entryData(), with no limit on the decompressed size. The upload middleware also has no file size limit. An admin user can upload a crafted ZIP containing a highly compressed details entry that, when decompressed, consumes hundreds of megabytes or gigabytes of memory, crashing the server process via out-of-memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.32.2. Severity: 4.9 | MEDIUM Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...

CVE Details

Severity
MEDIUM
Published
May 11, 2026