CVE-2026-27695 PUBLISHED

zae-limiter: DynamoDB hot partition throttling enables per-entity Denial of Service

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.02.2026 Published: 25.02.2026 Updated: 25.02.2026

zae-limiter is a rate limiting library using the token bucket algorithm. Prior to version 0.10.1, all rate limit buckets for a single entity share the same DynamoDB partition key (namespace/ENTITY#{id}). A high-traffic entity can exceed DynamoDB's per-partition throughput limits (~1,000 WCU/sec), causing throttling that degrades service for that entity — and potentially co-located entities in the same partition. Version 0.10.1 fixes the issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor zeroae
Product zae-limiter
Versions
  • Version < 0.10.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE