# CVE-2026-100347: kin-openapi: Unauthenticated panic (DoS) in openapi3filter legacy router via non-canonical/unsupported HTTP method on a static path

- Also known as: GHSA-FH4F-47MF-F2GJ
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.145.0
- Published: 2026-10-15 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- getkin kin-openapi: fixed in 0.145.0
- github.com/getkin/kin-openapi (Go): fixed in 0.145.0

## Description

kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. Prior to 0.145.0, openapi3filter.ValidationHandler uses the routers/legacy router, which passes an unsupported or non-canonical HTTP method for an existing static path to openapi3.PathItem.GetOperation. The default branch of GetOperation panics before authentication runs, so an unauthenticated remote client can repeatedly send methods such as PROPFIND or lowercase get to abort connections and generate stack-trace log growth. The specific panic requires an exact static path; a concrete path matched only by a templated route does not reach the same sink. This issue is fixed in version 0.145.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getkin kin-openapi, github.com/getkin/kin-openapi, upgrade to a fixed version (0.145.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/security/advisories/GHSA-fh4f-47mf-f2gj
- https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/commit/f1a5b523b82868d2d9be2e116b4e942892be72c3
- https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/releases/tag/v0.145.0

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