---
id: CVE-2026-100353
title: kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files
summary: >-
  kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. From 0.136.0 until
  0.149.0, three openapi3filter decoder paths that were missed by the fix for
  GHSA-p6wj-qrr4-pgh5 lack a nil-items guard for legal OpenAPI 3.1 array
  schemas. An una…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-476
vendor: getkin
product: kin-openapi
affected:
  - 'kin-openapi >= 0.136.0, < 0.149.0'
published: '2026-10-15'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T17:17:07.747'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100353'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/commit/9814d1f2b212f3508bf52296aa9e248b2122a5a9
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/releases/tag/v0.149.0'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/security/advisories/GHSA-vrcc-3ch7-hppw
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100353'
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vrcc-3ch7-hppw'
  - url: 'https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi'
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-100353.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-100353'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553592'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100353'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82637'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85266'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - ghsa
  - go
  - osv
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
  - exploit-available
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T17:18:20.095Z'
aliases:
  - GHSA-vrcc-3ch7-hppw
ecosystem: go
patched:
  - github.com/getkin/kin-openapi 0.149.0
epss: 0.00335
epssPercentile: 0.26973
exploitAvailable: true
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-29T13:41:25.670414Z'
---

## Overview

kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. From 0.136.0 until 0.149.0, three openapi3filter decoder paths that were missed by the fix for GHSA-p6wj-qrr4-pgh5 lack a nil-items guard for legal OpenAPI 3.1 array schemas. An unauthenticated remote client can trigger a deterministic nil-pointer panic through an array query parameter, a deepObject query parameter containing an array property, or an application/x-www-form-urlencoded request body whose array property appears inside an allOf, anyOf, or oneOf subschema. The query and composed-body paths reach urlValuesDecoder.parseArray, while the deepObject path reaches buildResObj, and all pass a nil items schema into code that dereferences it. This issue is fixed in version 0.149.0.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-100353)

Affected packages:

- `github.com/getkin/kin-openapi >= 0.136.0, < 0.149.0`

Patched in:

- `github.com/getkin/kin-openapi 0.149.0`

Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vrcc-3ch7-hppw

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:82637** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Hardened Images · released 2026-10-14 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82637)
- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Hardened Images · no fix planned: Red Hat Hardened Images · updated 2026-10-20 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-100353.json)
- **RHSA-2026:85266** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Hardened Images · released 2026-10-19 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:85266)