CVE-2026-85664
8.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Chroma 1.5.9 fails to validate maximum bounds on HNSW index parameters max_neighbors, ef_construction, and ef_search in collection-create requests. Unauthenticated attackers can supply arbitrarily large parameter values to exhaust server memory and cause denial of service during index compaction.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| chroma-core | chroma | 0 <= 1.5.9 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
- https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/7225
- https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma
- https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/blob/1.5.9/rust/types/src/hnsw_configuration.rs
- https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/blob/1.5.9/rust/frontend/src/auth/mod.rs
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/chroma-1.5.9-unbounded-hnsw-index-parameters-memory-exhaustion
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