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CVE-2026-8466

🗓️ 13 May 2026 18:26:21Reported by EEFType 
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🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov👁 69 Views🌐 WEB

Unbounded buffer growth in multipart header parsing causes denial of service in Cowboy.

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nineninescowboyRange<2.15.0
[
  {
    "collectionURL": "https://repo.hex.pm",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:ninenines:cowboy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "cowboy_req"
    ],
    "packageName": "cowboy",
    "packageURL": "pkg:hex/cowboy",
    "product": "cowboy",
    "programFiles": [
      "src/cowboy_req.erl"
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "cowboy_req:read_part/1"
      },
      {
        "name": "cowboy_req:read_part/2"
      },
      {
        "name": "cowboy_req:read_part/3"
      }
    ],
    "repo": "https://github.com/ninenines/cowboy",
    "vendor": "ninenines",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "2.15.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.0.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "collectionURL": "https://github.com",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:ninenines:cowboy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "cowboy_req"
    ],
    "packageName": "ninenines/cowboy",
    "packageURL": "pkg:github/ninenines/cowboy",
    "product": "cowboy",
    "programFiles": [
      "src/cowboy_req.erl"
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "cowboy_req:read_part/1"
      },
      {
        "name": "cowboy_req:read_part/2"
      },
      {
        "name": "cowboy_req:read_part/3"
      }
    ],
    "repo": "https://github.com/ninenines/cowboy",
    "vendor": "ninenines",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "5c6a2061b41bb5771c4659fac7d5a822dca5bafb",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "917cf99e10c41676183d501b86af6e47c95afb89",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  }
]
ParameterPositionPathDescriptionCWE
multipart/form-datarequest body/?body=multipart/form-dataUnbounded buffer accumulation during multipart header parsing in cowboy_req:read_part/3 allows an attacker to exhaust memory by sending a multipart request that never provides a complete header section.CWE-770

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26 Oct 2026 14:10Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 48.2
EPSS0.00382
SSVC
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