HIGHCVE-2026-43981Published Modified CNA GitHub_M
CVE-2026-43981: Algernon: Race Condition in handle() shared LState
Algernon is a small self-contained pure-Go web server. Prior to 1.17.6, in engine/luahandler.go, the sync.RWMutex protecting LoadCommonFunctions is released before L.Push() and L.PCall() execute. Since gopher-lua's LState is explicitly not goroutine-safe, concurrent requests race on the shared state causing Lua VM corruption. The Go race detector confirms this immediately under modest concurrency (ab -n 1000 -c 100). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.6.
Metrics
- CVSS v4.0
- 8.2
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
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- Affected Products
- 1
Affected packages
- xyproto / algernon< 1.17.6
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N