Description
Spin is an open source developer tool for building and running serverless applications powered by WebAssembly. When Spin is configured to allow connections to a database or web server which could return responses of unbounded size (e.g. tables with many rows or large content bodies), Spin may in some cases attempt to buffer the entire response before delivering it to the guest, which can lead to the host process running out of memory, panicking, and crashing. In addition, a malicious guest application could incrementally insert a large number of rows or values into a database and then retrieve them all in a single query, leading to large host allocations. Spin 3.6.1, SpinKube 0.6.2, and `containerd-shim-spin` 0.22.1 have been patched to address the issue. As a workaround, configure Spin to only allow access to trusted databases and HTTP servers which limit response sizes.
Published: 2026-02-26
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service via Host Process Crash due to Memory Exhaustion
Action: Apply Patch
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History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Spinframework
Spinframework containerd-shim-spin
Spinframework spin
Spinframework spinkube
Vendors & Products Spinframework
Spinframework containerd-shim-spin
Spinframework spin
Spinframework spinkube

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Description Spin is an open source developer tool for building and running serverless applications powered by WebAssembly. When Spin is configured to allow connections to a database or web server which could return responses of unbounded size (e.g. tables with many rows or large content bodies), Spin may in some cases attempt to buffer the entire response before delivering it to the guest, which can lead to the host process running out of memory, panicking, and crashing. In addition, a malicious guest application could incrementally insert a large number of rows or values into a database and then retrieve them all in a single query, leading to large host allocations. Spin 3.6.1, SpinKube 0.6.2, and `containerd-shim-spin` 0.22.1 have been patched to address the issue. As a workaround, configure Spin to only allow access to trusted databases and HTTP servers which limit response sizes.
Title Spin has memory leaks in various WIT interfaces
Weaknesses CWE-770
CWE-774
CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H'}


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Spinframework Containerd-shim-spin Spin Spinkube
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T14:34:29.169Z

Reserved: 2026-02-24T15:19:29.716Z

Link: CVE-2026-27887

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-26T14:34:22.023Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-02-26T02:16:20.360

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2026-27887

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-18T17:45:06Z

Weaknesses