highVulnerability

GHSA-2phg-qgmm-r638

### Summary GzipEncoder does not limit output size when processing compressed data. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash sliver server by sending a http request with highly compressed gzip data (aka zip bomb). ### Details In `util/encoders/gzip.go`, `Decode()` method decompresses given data by reading the entire gzip buffer at once without limiting output size. ### PoC ```python data = gzip.compress(bytes(1024 * 1024 * 1024)) * 16 requests.post(f"http://172.17.0.2/{nonce}", data=data) ``` ### Impact Unauthenticated remote attackers can exhaust memory and cpu resource of sliver server and crash it when they have GzipEncoderID, which can be easily retrived from implant's http traffic, or by brute-forcing. A fixed version is available at https://github.com/BishopFox/sliver/releases/tag/v1.7.2.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-2phg-qgmm-r638
severity
high
summary
Sliver has Potential Zip Bomb Denial of Service in GzipEncoder
cve_id
GHSA-2phg-qgmm-r638
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-02-25T17:36:44Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2phg-qgmm-r638
ghsa_updated
2026-02-27T21:46:09Z

Related Entities (3)

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]go/github.com/BishopFox/sliver

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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