CVE-2026-102281

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4% (29th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). 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: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Nest is a framework for building scalable Node.js server-side applications. Prior to 11.2.4 and 12.0.2, a single message with a deeply nested object in its pattern can terminate a NestJS microservice using the TCP or RabbitMQ transport. ServerTCP#handleMessage and ServerRMQ#handleMessage pass a client-controlled non-string pattern to JSON.stringify to derive the handler lookup key; sufficiently deep nesting throws RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded, and the unhandled promise rejection terminates Node.js under its default behavior. An attacker who can reach the TCP port or publish to the consumed RabbitMQ queue or exchange can crash the service on demand; other transports are not affected because their patterns arrive as strings. This issue is fixed in versions 11.2.4 and 12.0.2.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
65
EG Risk 65/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
29th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 28, 2026

Last Modified

September 30, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Sep 28, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_release, github, github_pr.
github_release Patch Available

v12.0.2

Patch available: nestjs/nest v12.0.2

https://github.com/nestjs/nest/releases/tag/v12.0.2
github_release Patch Available

v11.2.4

Patch available: nestjs/nest v11.2.4

https://github.com/nestjs/nest/releases/tag/v11.2.4
github_commit Patch Available

commit e9dcd4c7ac64 (nestjs/nest)

Patch available: nestjs/nest v11.2.4 (contains commit e9dcd4c7ac64)

https://github.com/nestjs/nest/commit/e9dcd4c7ac64361fbfe79461da85f5b3fc3e02da
github_commit

commit aa97b5144d8d (nestjs/nest)

Fix landed in nestjs/nest commit aa97b5144d8d — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/nestjs/nest/commit/aa97b5144d8dff1ce700aac521eb86449a679d6f
github_pr Patch Available

fix: absolute-form middleware bypass (fastify) and unserializable pattern crash (microservices)

Patch available: nestjs/nest v12.0.2 (PR #17737 merged 2026-09-14)

https://github.com/nestjs/nest/pull/17737
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Remote process termination via a deeply nested microservice message pattern · Advisory · nestjs/nest · GitHub

https://github.com/nestjs/nest/security/advisories/GHSA-m8vh-jmq9-5rjg

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-102281(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
@nestjs/microservices—11.2.4—

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 14× 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. 2026-10-03 19:08 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-10-02 19:26 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-02 07:35 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-30 20:02 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-30 01:34 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-29 13:43 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-29 13:12 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-28 22:29 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-28 21:32 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-28 21:31 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-102281?
CVE-2026-102281 is a high vulnerability published on September 28, 2026. Nest is a framework for building scalable Node.js server-side applications. Prior to 11.2.4 and 12.0.2, a single message with a deeply nested object in its pattern can terminate a NestJS microservice using the TCP or RabbitMQ transport. ServerTCP#handleMessage and ServerRMQ#handleMessage pass a…
When was CVE-2026-102281 disclosed?
CVE-2026-102281 was first published on September 28, 2026, with the most recent update on September 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-102281 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-102281 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (29th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-102281?
CVE-2026-102281 has a CVSS base score of 7.5 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-102281?
A fix for CVE-2026-102281 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-102281 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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