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Arc: Unauthenticated access to Go debug pprof endpoints leaks runtime state and enables CPU-burn DoSGHSA-j93g-rp6m-j32m

Fix: Basekick-Labs/arc@32a4091

GHSA-j93g-rp6m-j32m is a Information Exposure vulnerability in github.com/basekick-labs/arc. A fix is available for github.com/basekick-labs/arc — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2026-48050GO-2026-5457
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 22, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-j93g-rp6m-j32m.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs50th percentile — riskier than 50% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.38%0.76%1.14%0.4%0.6%0.6%Sep 26Oct 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐹github.com/basekick-labs/arc

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Summary

Arc registers Go's net/http/pprof handlers at /debug/pprof/* via app.Use(pprof.New()) in internal/api/server.go, and /debug/pprof is added to PublicPrefixes in cmd/arc/main.go. The auth middleware short-circuits before the token check on prefix match, so the endpoints are reachable without any authentication.

Impact

Any network-reachable caller (no token required) can:

  • Fetch /debug/pprof/heap — leaks in-memory state: live SQL strings, decoded msgpack records, decompressed request bodies, cached *TokenInfo (the auth cache keys on SHA-256 of the plaintext token at auth.go:543).
  • Fetch /debug/pprof/goroutine?debug=2 — leaks call stacks, identifying internal code paths.
  • Fetch /debug/pprof/profile?seconds=N — pins a CPU core for arbitrary duration. Trivial DoS amplification (one short HTTP request → minutes of server CPU).
  • Fetch /debug/pprof/trace — long-duration execution trace, similar DoS profile.

No authentication, no rate limiting, no resource bound on the seconds parameter.

Patches

https://github.com/Basekick-Labs/arc/releases/tag/v26.06.1

Planned mitigation:

  1. Gate pprof registration behind an env var (ARC_DEBUG_PPROF=1) that defaults to off.
  2. When enabled, bind pprof to a separate localhost-only listener (127.0.0.1:6060 via dedicated net/http server) so it's never reachable from the public API port.
  3. Remove /debug/pprof from PublicPrefixes.
  4. Fix the HasPrefix bug where "/debug/pprofX" matches "/debug/pprof".

Workarounds

  • Block /debug/pprof* at a reverse proxy / load balancer in front of Arc.
  • Restrict Arc's API port to known-trusted networks via firewall rules.
  • Patch the running build: comment out app.Use(pprof.New()) in internal/api/server.go and rebuild.

Credits

Reported by Alex Manson (@NeuroWinter, https://neurowinter.com/) on 2026-05-19.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐹Gogithub.com/basekick-labs/arcall versions0.0.0-20260520170331-32a4091fb949go get github.com/basekick-labs/arc@v0.0.0-20260520170331-32a4091fb949

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/basekick-labs/arc, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update github.com/basekick-labs/arc to 0.0.0-20260520170331-32a4091fb949 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-j93g-rp6m-j32m is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Summary Arc registers Go's `net/http/pprof` handlers at `/debug/pprof/*` via `app.Use(pprof.New())` in `internal/api/server.go`, and `/debug/pprof` is added to `PublicPrefixes` in `cmd/arc/main.go`. The auth middleware short-circuits before the token check on prefix match, so the endpoints are reachable without any authentication. ### Impact Any network-reachable caller (no token required) can: - Fetch `/debug/pprof/heap` — leaks in-memory state: live SQL strings, decoded msgpack records, decompressed request bodies, cached `*TokenInfo` (the auth cache keys on SHA-256 of the plaintext
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