Description
Sliver is a command and control framework that uses a custom Wireguard netstack. Versions 1.7.3 and below contain a Remote OOM (Out-of-Memory) vulnerability in the Sliver C2 server's mTLS and WireGuard C2 transport layer. The socketReadEnvelope and socketWGReadEnvelope functions trust an attacker-controlled 4-byte length prefix to allocate memory, with ServerMaxMessageSize allowing single allocations of up to ~2 GiB. A compromised implant or an attacker with valid credentials can exploit this by sending fabricated length prefixes over concurrent yamux streams (up to 128 per connection), forcing the server to attempt allocating ~256 GiB of memory and triggering an OS OOM kill. This crashes the Sliver server, disrupts all active implant sessions, and may degrade or kill other processes sharing the same host. The same pattern also affects all implant-side readers, which have no upper-bound check at all. The issue was not fixed at the the time of publication.
Published: 2026-03-20
Score: 5.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Out-of-Memory induced service disruption
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-97vp-pwqj-46qc Sliver Vulnerable to Authenticated OOM via Memory Exhaustion in mTLS/WireGuard Transports
History

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bishopfox:sliver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bishopfox
Bishopfox sliver
Vendors & Products Bishopfox
Bishopfox sliver

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Sliver is a command and control framework that uses a custom Wireguard netstack. Versions 1.7.3 and below contain a Remote OOM (Out-of-Memory) vulnerability in the Sliver C2 server's mTLS and WireGuard C2 transport layer. The socketReadEnvelope and socketWGReadEnvelope functions trust an attacker-controlled 4-byte length prefix to allocate memory, with ServerMaxMessageSize allowing single allocations of up to ~2 GiB. A compromised implant or an attacker with valid credentials can exploit this by sending fabricated length prefixes over concurrent yamux streams (up to 128 per connection), forcing the server to attempt allocating ~256 GiB of memory and triggering an OS OOM kill. This crashes the Sliver server, disrupts all active implant sessions, and may degrade or kill other processes sharing the same host. The same pattern also affects all implant-side readers, which have no upper-bound check at all. The issue was not fixed at the the time of publication.
Title Sliver Vulnerable to Authenticated OOM via Memory Exhaustion in mTLS/WireGuard Transports
Weaknesses CWE-770
CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


Subscriptions

Bishopfox Sliver
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-21T02:53:38.174Z

Reserved: 2026-03-17T00:05:53.283Z

Link: CVE-2026-32941

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-21T02:53:33.795Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-20T04:16:49.560

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:00:01.613

Link: CVE-2026-32941

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-25T14:09:27Z

Weaknesses