CVE-2026-35457: libp2p-rendezvous: Unbounded rendezvous DISCOVER cookies enable remote memory exhaustion

April 4, 2026 (updated April 7, 2026)

The rendezvous server stores pagination cookies without bounds. An unauthenticated peer can repeatedly issue DISCOVER requests and force unbounded memory growth.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-v5hw-cv9c-rpg7
github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p
github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-v5hw-cv9c-rpg7
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35457

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