CVE-2026-40943: Oxia affected by server crash via race condition in session heartbeat handling

CVE-2026-40943 · Severity: high · CVSS 4 · Published 2026-04-14

### Summary A race condition between session heartbeat processing and session closure can cause the server to panic with `send on closed channel`. The `heartbeat()` method uses a blocking channel send while holding a mutex, and under specific timing with concurrent `close()` calls, this can lead to either a deadlock (channel buffer full) or a panic (send on closed channel after TOCTOU gap in `KeepAlive`).

### Impact A remote client can trigger a server crash by sending rapid `KeepAlive` requests while a session is expiring or being closed. This is a denial-of-service vulnerability that crashes the entire data server process.

All versions are affected.

### Details In `oxiad/dataserver/controller/lead/session.go`, the `heartbeat()` method performs a blocking `s.heartbeatCh <- true` send. If the channel buffer is full (size 1), this blocks while holding the session mutex, preventing `close()` from acquiring the lock to close the channel — a deadlock.

Additionally, in `session_manager.go`, `KeepAlive()` releases the session manager's read lock before calling `heartbeat()`, creating a TOCTOU window where the session can be removed and closed between the lookup and the heartbeat call.

### Patches Fixed by changing `heartbeat()` to use a non-blocking `select` with a `default` case, and by holding the session manager read lock through the entire `KeepAlive()` operation.

### Workarounds No workaround available.

Technologies: github.com/oxia-db/oxia (Go). Vendors: Go.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-40943 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-40943 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-40943?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 14 April 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
github.com/oxia-db/oxia (Go) <= 0.16.1, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.16.2.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-40943?
Yes. github.com/oxia-db/oxia (Go): upgrade to 0.16.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-40943?
Check whether you run github.com/oxia-db/oxia (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • github.com/oxia-db/oxia (Go): upgrade to 0.16.2 or later
    go get github.com/oxia-db/oxia@v0.16.2

Affected products

  • github.com/oxia-db/oxia (Go) <= 0.16.1, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.16.2

Identifiers

  • CVE-2026-40943
  • GHSA-5gqc-qhrj-9xw8
  • GO-2026-5145

References

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