Description
plist.js (npm package 'plist') before 5.0.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the binary property-list parser (parseBinary) that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash a Node.js process by exploiting unmemoized recursive resolution of shared object references for arrays and dictionaries. Attackers can craft a small binary plist (under 200 bytes) containing chained self-referencing object indices to trigger exponential (2^N) resolution calls and memory growth, causing an unrecoverable out-of-memory crash and denial of service.
Published: 2026-11-06
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Tootallnate
Tootallnate plist.js
Vendors & Products Tootallnate
Tootallnate plist.js

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description plist.js (npm package 'plist') before 5.0.1 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the binary property-list parser (parseBinary) that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash a Node.js process by exploiting unmemoized recursive resolution of shared object references for arrays and dictionaries. Attackers can craft a small binary plist (under 200 bytes) containing chained self-referencing object indices to trigger exponential (2^N) resolution calls and memory growth, causing an unrecoverable out-of-memory crash and denial of service.
Title plist.js before 5.0.1 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via Binary Parser
Weaknesses CWE-674
CWE-776
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Tootallnate Plist.js
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-08T14:01:07.381Z

Reserved: 2026-11-06T20:46:36.937Z

Link: CVE-2026-124078

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-06T21:17:08.567

Modified: 2026-11-06T21:17:08.567

Link: CVE-2026-124078

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-09T17:12:51Z

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