{"id":"CVE-2026-72757","title":"Routinator HTTP server becomes unavailable with many unclosed connections","summary":"Routinator runs out of open connections on the HTTP server when many connections are opened but never closed, leaving the HTTP server unavailable. This condition can be triggered maliciously by an attacker by opening a large number of co…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-755"],"vendor":"NLnet Labs","product":"Routinator","affected":["Routinator (all versions)"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-26T17:46:37.033179Z"},"published":"2026-10-26","updated":"2026-10-26","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-26T17:57:33.452Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72757","references":[{"url":"https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/routinator/CVE-2026-72756.txt"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-26T17:33:33.057Z","epss":0.00359,"epssPercentile":0.29492,"slug":"CVE-2026-72757","body":"## Overview\n\nRoutinator runs out of open connections on the HTTP server when many connections are opened but never closed, leaving the HTTP server unavailable. This condition can be triggered maliciously by an attacker by opening a large number of connections to the HTTP server.\n\nThis only affects users that make their HTTP or RTR server available to untrusted networks.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Routinator (all versions)`\n\n## Remediation\n\nThis issue is fixed in 0.15.3 and all later versions.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}