CVE-2026-102281
HIGHDescription
Nest is a framework for building scalable Node.js server-side applications. Prior to 11.2.4 and 12.0.2, a single message with a deeply nested object in its pattern can terminate a NestJS microservice using the TCP or RabbitMQ transport. ServerTCP#handleMessage and ServerRMQ#handleMessage pass a client-controlled non-string pattern to JSON.stringify to derive the handler lookup key; sufficiently deep nesting throws RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded, and the unhandled promise rejection terminates Node.js under its default behavior. An attacker who can reach the TCP port or publish to the consumed RabbitMQ queue or exchange can crash the service on demand; other transports are not affected because their patterns arrive as strings. This issue is fixed in versions 11.2.4 and 12.0.2.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.
References
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-53366 | Unscored | - | 9.3% | - | - |
| CVE-2025-59538 | High | 7.5 | 8.9% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-37714 | High | 7.5 | 6.7% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2025-59465 | High | 7.5 | 4.0% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2018-11466 | Critical | 9.8 | 4.0% | - | - |
| CVE-2018-7852 | High | 7.5 | 3.6% | - | - |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2026-102281?
Upgrade @nestjs/microservices to 11.2.4 or later.
Is CVE-2026-102281 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2026-102281 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.38% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 30% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2026-102281?
CVE-2026-102281 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2026-102281 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for @nestjs/microservices (npm). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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