{"id":"CVE-2026-72582","title":"A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in fastschema through v0.15.1 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the server process with a single HTTP request","summary":"A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in fastschema through v0.15.1 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the server process with a single HTTP request. The sendOTPEmail function in pkg/auth/local.go dereferences a pointe…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-476"],"published":"2026-08-10","updated":"2026-08-28","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72582","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/fastschema/fastschema","label":"309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastschema/fastschema/blob/main/pkg/auth/local.go","label":"309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00347,"epssPercentile":0.28376,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-29T16:39:15.253Z","slug":"CVE-2026-72582","body":"## Overview\n\nA NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in fastschema through v0.15.1 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the server process with a single HTTP request. The sendOTPEmail function in pkg/auth/local.go dereferences a pointer obtained from an unchecked error path without validating it is non-nil, causing a fatal panic that terminates the entire server when a recovery request is sent to the /api/auth/local/recover endpoint.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}