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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-70886 · published 12 February 2026

CVE-2025-70886: Halo uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability

Halo · Halo

An issue in halo v.2.22.4 and before allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted payload to the public comment submission endpoint

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.46% · top 62.8% CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.46%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
3References, 3 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue in halo v.2.22.4 and before allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted payload to the public comment submission endpoint

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/HowieHz/CVE-2025-70886 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/halo-dev/halo/issues/7890 ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://howiehz.top/archives/halo-comment-payload-tweaker ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-70886), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.