Vulnerability · Published May 17, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-8769vercel ai provider-utils response-handler.ts createJsonErrorResponseHandler resource consumption
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in ai from vercel. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in vercel ai up to 3.0.97. The impacted element is the function createJsonResponseHandler/createJsonErrorResponseHandler of the file packages/provider-utils/src/response-handler.ts of the component provider-utils. This manipulation causes resource consumption. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @ai-sdk/provider-utils | 3.0.28 | GHSA-866g-f22w-33x8 |
| npm | @ai-sdk/provider-utils | 4.0.33 | GHSA-866g-f22w-33x8 |
| npm | @ai-sdk/provider-utils | 5.0.1 | GHSA-866g-f22w-33x8 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-404 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-364394 | vercel ai provider-utils response-handler.ts createJsonErrorResponseHandler resource consumption vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-364394 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #811406 | vercel ai @ai-sdk/amazon-bedrock@3.0.97 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) third-party-advisory
- https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/fb1096bc8428bed9a428f764d9d103bb exploit