CVE-2025-53633
CRITICALctfer-io chall-manager < 0.1.4 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Zip Bomb Decompression
Title source: llmDescription
Chall-Manager is a platform-agnostic system able to start Challenges on Demand of a player. When decoding a scenario (i.e. a zip archive), the size of the decoded content is not checked, potentially leading to zip bombs decompression. Exploitation does not require authentication nor authorization, so anyone can exploit it. It should nonetheless not be exploitable as it is highly recommended to bury Chall-Manager deep within the infrastructure due to its large capabilities, so no users could reach the system. Patch has been implemented by commit 14042aa and shipped in v0.1.4.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fm-3pqm-ww5w
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/commit/14042aa66a577caee777e10fe09adcf2587d20dd
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/releases/tag/v0.1.4
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0046
EPSS Percentile
36.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-405
Status
published
Products (2)
ctfer-io/chall-manager
< 0.1.4
ctfer-io/chall-manager
0 - 0.1.4Go
Published
Jul 10, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026