CVE-2026-27460 Tandoor Recipes Affected by Denial of Service via Recipe Import

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Authenticated users can crash the Tandoor Recipes server or degrade performance by uploading a malicious ZIP bomb file.

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-2026-27460?

CVE-2026-27460 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in TandoorRecipes recipes, published on 10 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Tandoor Recipes is an application for managing recipes, planning meals, and building shopping lists. Prior to 2.6.5, a critical Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was in the recipe import functionality. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to crash the server or make a significantly degrade its performance by uploading a large size ZIP file (ZIP Bomb). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.6.5.

Weakness: CWE-409

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-27460?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tandoor Recipes.

How do I fix CVE-2026-27460?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-27460 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-2026-27460 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-27460 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w8pq-4pwf-r2m8.

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