GHSA-vxx9-2994-q338
Yamux vulnerable to remote Panic via malformed Data frame with SYN set and len = 262145
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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Blast Radius
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Description
Summary
The Rust implementation of Yamux can panic when processing a crafted inbound Data frame that sets SYN and uses a body length greater than DEFAULT_CREDIT (e.g. 262145). On the first packet of a new inbound stream, stream state is created and a receiver is queued before oversized-body validation completes. When validation fails, the temporary stream is dropped and cleanup may call remove(...).expect("stream not found"), triggering a panic in the connection state machine. This is remotely reachable over a normal Yamux session and does not require authentication. kind of vulnerability is it? Who is
Attack Scenario
An attacker that can establish a Yamux session with a target node can crash the target by sending a single validly encoded Yamux Data|SYN frame with an oversized body:
- Establish a standard authenticated transport session that negotiates Yamux.
- Send one Yamux frame with:
- Tag = Data
- Flags = SYN
- StreamId = 1 (or any new inbound stream id)
- Length = DEFAULT_CREDIT + 1 (e.g. 262145)
- Body of matching size This can trigger a panic (stream not found) and terminate the process, depending on host application panic policy.
Patches
Users should upgrade to yamux v0.13.10
This vulnerability was originally submitted by @revofusion to the Ethereum Foundation bug bounty program
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🦀crates.io | yamux | all versions | 0.13.10 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for yamux. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update yamux to 0.13.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-vxx9-2994-q338 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-vxx9-2994-q338 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-vxx9-2994-q338. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-vxx9-2994-q338 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-vxx9-2994-q338 across crates.io dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.