CVE-2026-42886 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-42886: Audiobookshelf: Memory amplification DoS via oversized compressed details entry in backup upload

Vendor Advplyr
Product audiobookshelf
Weakness CWE-409
Published May 11, 2026
Last update May 12, 2026

CVSS base score

4.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. Prior to 2.32.2, the POST /api/backups/upload endpoint decompresses the details entry from an uploaded .audiobookshelf ZIP file entirely into memory using zip.entryData(), with no limit on the decompressed size. The upload middleware also has no file size limit. An admin user can upload a crafted ZIP containing a highly compressed details entry that, when decompressed, consumes hundreds of megabytes or gigabytes of memory, crashing the server process via out-of-memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.32.2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 11, 2026 CVE published
May 12, 2026 Record updated