CVE-2026-48509 is a medium-severity security vulnerability in MessagePack (nuget), affecting versions < 2.5.301. It is fixed in 2.5.301, 3.1.7.
Summary The parameterless MessagePackInputFormatter() constructor uses default serializer options, which resolve to MessagePackSerializerOptions.Standard with MessagePackSecurity.TrustedData. The formatter is designed for ASP.NET Core MVC request bodies, which commonly cross an HTTP trust boundary. This insecure default can expose applications to denial-of-service attacks that MessagePackSecurity.UntrustedData is intended to mitigate, such as hash-collision attacks against dictionary-like model properties. Impact Applications are affected when they register new MessagePackInputFormatter() without explicitly passing serializer options configured for untrusted data. An unauthenticated or otherwise untrusted HTTP client can send MessagePack request bodies that are deserialized using the trusted-data posture. For models containing hash-based collections, this can enable algorithmic complexity attacks using colliding keys. The default constructor makes the unsafe posture easy to use at the exact boundary where request bodies should be treated as untrusted. Affected components Package: MessagePack.AspNetCoreMvcFormatter API: MessagePackInputFormatter() parameterless constructor Scenario: ASP.NET Core MVC model binding from HTTP request bodies Finding IDs: MESSAGEPACKCSHARP-OPEN-009, duplicate MESSAGEPACKCSHARP-095 Patches Fixes are prepared and will be released in coordinated patch versions. Upgrade guidance: Upgrade MessagePack.AspNetCoreMvcFormatter to the patched version for your release line. Upgrade companion MessagePack packages in the same dependency graph to the coordinated patched versions. The fix should default the parameterless constructor to MessagePackSerializerOptions.Standard.WithSecurity(MessagePackSecurity.UntrustedData), or require callers to pass explicit options so the trust posture is deliberate. Workarounds Do not use the parameterless constructor on affected versions. Register the formatter with explicit untrusted-data options, for example: Also apply normal HTTP request-size limits and model validation appropriate for your service. Resources MESSAGEPACKCSHARP-OPEN-009: MVC input formatter defaults to trusted-data security posture MESSAGEPACKCSHARP-095: duplicate finding for the same root cause CWE-1188: Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
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MessagePack (< 2.5.301)MessagePack (>= 3.0, < 3.1.7)MessagePack → 2.5.301 (nuget)MessagePack → 3.1.7 (nuget)Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
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CVE-2026-48509 is a medium-severity security vulnerability in MessagePack (nuget), affecting versions < 2.5.301. It is fixed in 2.5.301, 3.1.7.
MessagePack (nuget) versions < 2.5.301 is affected.
Yes. CVE-2026-48509 is fixed in 2.5.301, 3.1.7. Upgrade to this version or later.
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Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
MessagePack to 2.5.301 or laterMessagePack to 3.1.7 or later