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CVE-2023-4785 High

Denial of Service Vulnerability in gRPC TCP Server (Posix-compatible platforms)

Lack of error handling in the TCP server in Google's gRPC starting version 1.23 on posix-compatible platforms (ex. Linux) allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by initiating a significant number of connections with the server. Note that gRPC C++ Python, and Ruby are affected, but gRPC Java, and Go are NOT affected. 

Exploit probability 0.7%
Published July 7, 2026
Required by Not available
Last source change July 7, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown

8 explicit affected versions

PyPI grpcio

5 explicit affected versions

RubyGems grpc

6 explicit affected versions

PyPI grpcio

5 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2023-4785

Lack of error handling in the TCP server in Google's gRPC starting version 1.23 on posix-compatible platforms (ex. Linux) allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by initiating a significant number of connections with the server. Note that gRPC C++ Python, and Ruby are affected, but gRPC Java, and Go are NOT affected.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-p25m-jpj4-qcrr

Lack of error handling in the TCP server in Google's gRPC starting version 1.23 on posix-compatible platforms (ex. Linux) allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by initiating a significant number of connections with the server. Note that gRPC C++ Python, and Ruby are affected, but gRPC Java, and Go are NOT affected. 

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Open Source Vulnerabilities PYSEC-2026-1428

Lack of error handling in the TCP server in Google's gRPC starting version 1.23 on posix-compatible platforms (ex. Linux) allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by initiating a significant number of connections with the server. Note that gRPC C++ Python, and Ruby are affected, but gRPC Java, and Go are NOT affected. 

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence