CVE-2025-8696 DoS attack against the Stork UI from an unauthenticated user
Unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service by sending large data volumes to the Stork UI, exhausting system memory and disk resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8696?
CVE-2025-8696 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in ISC Stork, published on 10 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
If an unauthenticated user sends a large amount of data to the Stork UI, it may cause memory and disk use problems for the system running the Stork server. This issue affects Stork versions 1.0.0 through 2.3.0.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8696?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8696?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8696 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-2025-8696 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8696 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4cmv-mwmg-fp25.