Vulnerabilities in pkg:nuget/Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka
PACKAGECVE-2026-81515 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) denial of service vulnerability (CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions) affecting Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka libraries in the NuGet ecosystem. The issue involves malformed enum/bool/timestamp field aborts entire registry fetch (dos). Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 4.3.0.
pkg:nuget/Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka
Vulnerability advisories affecting package pkg:nuget/Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka. Select an advisory below to view technical details or fixes.
| Advisory ID | CVE / NVD | Severity | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-hr73-3gpv-hh6q | CVE-2026-81515 | HIGH | Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka: malformed enum/bool/timestamp field aborts entire registry fetch (DoS) |
| GHSA-j8ph-6fxj-g533 | CVE-2026-50196 | HIGH | Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka: Unrecognized DataCenterInfo.Name poisons entire registry fetch |
| GHSA-vmcp-66r5-3pcp | CVE-2024-40636 | LOW | Steeltoe Leaks Basic Auth Credentials to Logs After Fetch Registry Error |
CVE-2026-81515 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 7.5
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2026-81515
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka to 4.3.0
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2026-81515, inspect your project dependencies for Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka:
inspect dependencies for Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 4.3.0), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions, where the product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition. In Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2026-81515 Affected Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka
|
NuGet |
≥ 4.0.0
< 4.3.0
|
4.3.0
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"summary" : "Steeltoe.Discovery.Eureka: malformed enum/bool/timestamp field aborts entire registry fetch (DoS)",
"details" : "## Summary\n\nSteeltoe's Eureka discovery client deserializes the registry response as a single unit. If any registered instance contains a field value that cannot be parsed (for example, an unrecognized `actionType`, a non-boolean value for `isCoordinatingDiscoveryServer`, or a non-numeric timestamp), deserialization of the entire registry fails. All Steeltoe Eureka clients connected to that registry then receive an empty or stale instance list until the malformed registration is removed.\n\nThis is a related but distinct issue from [CVE-2026-50196](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8ph-6fxj-g533), which addressed only the `DataCenterInfo.name` field.\n\n## Impact\n\nAny principal that can register or update a service instance in the Eureka registry can trigger a service-discovery outage for all Steeltoe applications connected to the same registry. The outage persists until the offending registration is removed.\n\n## Affected configuration\n\n* Application uses `EurekaDiscoveryClient` (any deployment, including self-hosted Eureka).\n* The registry contains at least one service instance with an unrecognized value in a field such as `actionType`, `status`, `isCoordinatingDiscoveryServer`, or timestamp fields.\n* Mixed-platform environments — for example, Java or Spring services co-existing in the same Eureka registry — are more likely to encounter this condition.\n\n## Mitigations\n\nIf an immediate upgrade is not possible:\n\n* Audit the Eureka registry for registrations containing non-standard field values, particularly those originating from non-.NET clients.\n* Restrict write access to the Eureka registration API to trusted services.",
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