CVE-2026-41309Open Source Social Network (OSSN) Vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion via Malicious Image Processing

Official description

Open Source Social Network (OSSN) is open-source social networking software developed in PHP. Versions prior to 9.0 are vulnerable to resource exhaustion. An attacker can upload a specially crafted image with extreme pixel dimensions (e.g., $10000 \times 10000$ pixels). While the compressed file size on disk may be small, the server attempts to allocate significant memory and CPU cycles during the decompression and resizing process, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. It is highly recommended to upgrade to OSSN 9.0. This version introduces stricter validation of image dimensions and improved resource management during the processing phase. Those who cannot upgrade immediately can mitigate the risk by adjusting their `php.ini` settings to strictly limit `memory_limit` and `max_execution_time` and/or implementing a client-side and server-side check on image headers to reject files exceeding reasonable pixel dimensions (e.g., $4000 \times 4000$ pixels) before processing begins.

Affected products (as reported)

References

• https://github.com/opensource-socialnetwork/opensource-socialnetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-72qf-xrcw-fhr2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
• https://github.com/opensource-socialnetwork/opensource-socialnetwork/issues/2535 x_refsource_MISC
• https://github.com/opensource-socialnetwork/opensource-socialnetwork/commit/12357113b3be189da7f6e429979a464e4f982117 x_refsource_MISC