CVE-2026-48853

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.29.2
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.2 under the CNA's CVSS (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.6%, top 56% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: cna:eef, epss
Elevated
9.2
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 9.2Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Deserialization of Untrusted Data and Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerabilities in elixir-grpc grpc allow unauthenticated attackers to crash the BEAM node via atom table exhaustion and, when a decoded term flows into a call site that invokes it, achieve remote code execution on the server.

'Elixir.GRPC.Codec.Erlpack':decode/2 (lib/grpc/codec/erlpack.ex) calls :erlang.binary_to_term/1 on the raw gRPC message body without the :safe option, no size bound, and no type guard. Any unauthenticated peer that sends a request with Content-Type: application/grpc+erlpack can send a crafted payload that mints arbitrary new atoms (which are never garbage-collected, exhausting the bounded atom table and crashing the VM) or that encodes a fun term which, if applied anywhere downstream, executes attacker-controlled code inside the server process.

This issue affects grpc from 0.4.0 before 1.0.0.

CVSS v3
9.2
EG Score
9.2(medium)
EPSS
43.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 15, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
generic

OSV - Open Source Vulnerabilities

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-48853
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Remote Code Execution with attacker-controlled gRPC payloads · Advisory · elixir-grpc/grpc · GitHub

https://github.com/elixir-grpc/grpc/security/advisories/GHSA-grp7-v8xh-rj7h
github_commit Patch Available

commit 272a97a5ea1b (elixir-grpc/grpc)

Patch available: elixir-grpc/grpc v1.0.0 (contains commit 272a97a5ea1b)

https://github.com/elixir-grpc/grpc/commit/272a97a5ea1b46af1819f14a831fcf35fc91f992
generic

Remote code execution and denial of service via unsafe Erlang term deserialization in elixir-grpc/grpc | Erlang Ecosystem Foundation CNA

https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-48853.html

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Hex(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
grpc0.10.0 ... 1.0.0-rc.1 (18 versions)1.0.0

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 33× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  21. 2026-06-15 23:45 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-06-15 23:45 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48853?
CVE-2026-48853 is a critical vulnerability published on June 15, 2026. Deserialization of Untrusted Data and Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerabilities in elixir-grpc grpc allow unauthenticated attackers to crash the BEAM node via atom table exhaustion and, when a decoded term flows into a call site that invokes it, achieve remote code…
When was CVE-2026-48853 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48853 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 15, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48853 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48853 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 43.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48853?
CVE-2026-48853 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 9.2 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48853?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48853, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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