# CVE-2026-32933: AutoMapper Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Uncontrolled Recursion

- Also known as: GHSA-RVV3-G6HJ-G44X
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 16.1.1, 15.1.1
- Published: 2026-03-20 · Updated: 2026-03-20

## Affected

- LuckyPennySoftware AutoMapper: from 16.0.0, fixed in 16.1.1; fixed in 15.1.1
- AutoMapper (NuGet): from 16.0.0, fixed in 16.1.1
- AutoMapper (NuGet): fixed in 15.1.1

## Description

AutoMapper is a convention-based object-object mapper in .NET. Versions prior to 15.1.1 and 16.1.1 are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. When mapping deeply nested object graphs, the library uses recursive method calls without enforcing a default maximum depth limit. This allows an attacker to provide a specially crafted object graph that exhausts the thread's stack memory, triggering a `StackOverflowException` and causing the entire application process to terminate. Versions 15.1.1 and 16.1.1 fix the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on LuckyPennySoftware AutoMapper, AutoMapper, upgrade to a fixed version (16.1.1, 15.1.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/LuckyPennySoftware/AutoMapper/security/advisories/GHSA-rvv3-g6hj-g44x
- https://github.com/LuckyPennySoftware/AutoMapper/commit/0afaf1e91648fca1a57512e94dd00a76ee016816
- https://github.com/LuckyPennySoftware/AutoMapper/releases/tag/v15.1.1
- https://github.com/LuckyPennySoftware/AutoMapper/releases/tag/v16.1.1

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