VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-85664

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-09-04
Last modified2026-09-10
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Chroma 1.5.9 fails to validate maximum bounds on HNSW index parameters max_neighbors, ef_construction, and ef_search in collection-create requests. Unauthenticated attackers can supply arbitrarily large parameter values to exhaust server memory and cause denial of service during index compaction.

Weakness classification

  • disclosure@vulncheck.com: CWE-770

Primary references