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CVE-2026-16551

CVE detail

CVE-2026-16551

Denial-of-Service in Thinkst Applied Research OpenCanary (MongoDB module) allows Excessive Allocation. This issue affects OpenCanary 0.9.8 only.

CVSS 6.9 · MediumBuzz score 11.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 11.9

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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

6.9

1 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

5.0

1 sources across 1 categories

KEV score

0.0

No KEV entry observed

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 1; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 1; highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first

1 source links · newest first

https://github.com/thinkst/opencanary/security/advisories/GHSA-vg37-pc42-q265github.com
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Exploitgithub.comJul 22, 2026, 12:17 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars

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External lookup

Potential internet exposure

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Received

Published

Jul 22, 2026

Modified

Jul 22, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

Unavailable

How this vector reads

CVSS 4.0 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Attack Requirements (AT): Present. A prerequisite deployment or execution condition must be present.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): None. Exploitation does not require a targeted user to act.
Vulnerable System Confidentiality (VC): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Vulnerable System Integrity (VI): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Vulnerable System Availability (VA): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Subsequent System Confidentiality (SC): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Subsequent System Integrity (SI): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Subsequent System Availability (SA): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.

Optional CVSS v4 metrics remain in the raw vector; only base metrics are expanded here.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

0 stored signals · no KEV · 0 OTX pulses