GHSA-qx2q-88mx-vhg7
Fiber Crashes in BodyParser Due to Unvalidated Large Slice Index in Decoder
Quick fix
GHSA-qx2q-88mx-vhg7 — github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
go get github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2@v2.52.9Details
### Description
When using Fiber's `Ctx.BodyParser` to parse form data containing a large numeric key that represents a slice index (e.g., `test.18446744073704`), the application crashes due to an out-of-bounds slice allocation in the underlying schema decoder.
The root cause is that the decoder attempts to allocate a slice of length `idx + 1` without validating whether the index is within a safe or reasonable range. If `idx` is excessively large, this leads to an integer overflow or memory exhaustion, causing a panic or crash.
### Steps to Reproduce
Create a POST request handler that accepts `x-www-form-urlencoded` data
```go package main
import ( "fmt" "net/http"
"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2" )
type RequestBody struct { NestedContent []*struct{} `form:"test"` }
func main() { app := fiber.New()
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error { formData := RequestBody{} if err := c.BodyParser(&formData); err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return c.SendStatus(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity) } return nil })
fmt.Println(app.Listen(":3000")) }
```
Run the server and send a POST request with a large numeric key in form data, such as:
```bash curl -v -X POST localhost:3000 --data-raw 'test.18446744073704' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' ```
### Relevant Code Snippet
Within the decoder's [decode method](https://github.com/gofiber/fiber/blob/v2.52.8/internal/schema/decoder.go#L249):
```go idx := parts[0].index if v.IsNil() || v.Len() < idx+1 { value := reflect.MakeSlice(t, idx+1, idx+1) // <-- Panic/crash occurs here when idx is huge if v.Len() < idx+1 { reflect.Copy(value, v) } v.Set(value) } ```
The `idx` is not validated before use, leading to unsafe slice allocation for extremely large values.
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### Impact
- Application panic or crash on malicious or malformed input. - Potential denial of service (DoS) via memory exhaustion or server crash. - Lack of defensive checks in the parsing code causes instability.
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Affected packages
0Fixed in: 2.52.9go get github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2@v2.52.9