CVE-2021-26251 Denial of service in Intel(R) Distribution of OpenVINO(TM) Toolkit

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

An authenticated user can cause a denial of service in the Intel OpenVINO Toolkit via improper input validation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-26251?

CVE-2021-26251 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) Distribution of OpenVINO(TM) Toolkit, published on 11 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper input validation in the Intel(R) Distribution of OpenVINO(TM) Toolkit may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-26251?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Openvino.

How do I fix CVE-2021-26251?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-26251 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-26251 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-26251 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-29xv-49r2-j45j.

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