Every uncached /avatar/:hash request spawns a goroutine that refreshes the Gravatar image. If the refresh sits in the 10-slot worker queue longer than three seconds, the handler times out and stops listening for the result, so that goroutine blocks forever trying to send on an unbuffered channel. Sustained traffic with random hashes keeps tripping this timeout, so goroutine count grows linearly, eventually exhausting memory and causing Grafana to crash on some systems.
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History
27 Jan 2026, 15:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CWE | CWE-703 CWE-400 |
27 Jan 2026, 09:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-01-27 09:15
Updated : 2026-01-27 15:15
NVD link : CVE-2026-21720
Mitre link : CVE-2026-21720
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-21720
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Products Affected
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