CVE-2026-85664
⚠️ highSummary
Chroma 1.5.9 fails to validate maximum bounds on HNSW index parameters max_neighbors, ef_construction, and ef_search in collection-create requests. Unauthenticated attackers can supply arbitrarily large parameter values to exhaust server memory and cause denial of service during index compaction.
CVSS Score
7.5
High
EPSS Score
0.4
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-09-04
First Seen: 2026-09-05
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 67.9% of all 353,061 vulnerabilities in our database.
#113,243
Above average severity
Severity Percentile
Last Modified
2026-09-04
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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