Zod schema-validation library through 4.6.5 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows attackers to exhaust memory by submitting a large array to an application using an array schema without a length constraint. Attackers can exploit the handleArrayResult parse logic in $ZodArray, which accumulates every validation issue for each failing element with no cap or early termination, causing the process to allocate excessive issue objects and crash due to out-of-memory conditions.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
colinhacks zod unknown
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 4.6.5

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References
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https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/issues/1872 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/pull/6475 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zod-uncontrolled-resource-consumption-via-array-validation cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Description Zod schema-validation library through 4.6.5 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows attackers to exhaust memory by submitting a large array to an application using an array schema without a length constraint. Attackers can exploit the handleArrayResult parse logic in $ZodArray, which accumulates every validation issue for each failing element with no cap or early termination, causing the process to allocate excessive issue objects and crash due to out-of-memory conditions.
Title Zod 4.6.5 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via Array Validation
Weaknesses CWE-770
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': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T17:13:29.805Z

Reserved: 2026-10-01T17:10:41.641Z

Link: CVE-2023-54404

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-01T18:17:11.040

Modified: 2026-10-01T18:17:11.040

Link: CVE-2023-54404

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