CVE-2026-77622: Sliver unauthenticated memory exhaustion in HTTP(S) listener

CVE-2026-77622 · Severity: high · CVSS 4 · Published 2026-11-05

Sliver is a command-and-control platform used for red team operations. An attacker can crash a Sliver server by sending a specially crafted large PNG image to an unauthenticated HTTP listener, exhausting all available memory on the host machine. Combined with a small nonce space, this allows attackers to enumerate and exploit any running Sliver HTTP listener without authentication.

Technologies: Bishopfox Sliver, github.com/bishopfox/sliver (Go). Vendors: Bishopfox, Go.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-77622 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-77622 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-77622?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 5 November 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Bishopfox Sliver prior to patch; github.com/bishopfox/sliver (Go) < 1.7.6, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.7.6.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-77622?
Yes. github.com/bishopfox/sliver (Go): upgrade to 1.7.6 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-77622 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-77622?
Check whether you run Bishopfox Sliver or github.com/bishopfox/sliver (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/bishopfox/sliver (Go): upgrade to 1.7.6 or later
    go get github.com/bishopfox/sliver@v1.7.6

Technical details

The vulnerability combines two issues: the PNG decoder accepts unlimited image dimensions without validation, causing unbounded memory allocation during decompression, and the nonce space is only 65,537 values, making brute-force trivial. An unauthenticated attacker on the network can POST a crafted PNG to the HTTP listener endpoint, triggering decompression of a multi-gigabyte image that exhausts system RAM, resulting in denial of service to the entire Sliver server.

Affected products

  • BishopFox Sliver prior to patch

Identifiers

  • CVE-2026-77622
  • GHSA-663m-7x7m-g4fw
  • GO-2026-6777

Timeline

  • 2026-10-15: disclosed

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