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CVE-2026-71380 httpd applies no timeout while receiving a request body, parking a worker on a stalled client

🗓️ 01 Sep 2026 14:35:31Reported by EEFType 
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Unauthenticated DoS in Erlang/OTP inets httpd via stalled request body parking workers indefinitely.

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  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "httpd_request_handler",
      "httpd_request"
    ],
    "packageName": "otp",
    "packageURL": "pkg:sid/erlang.org/otp",
    "product": "OTP",
    "programFiles": [
      "lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_request_handler.erl",
      "lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_request.erl"
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "httpd_request_handler:handle_info/2"
      },
      {
        "name": "httpd_request_handler:cancel_request_timeout/1"
      },
      {
        "name": "httpd_request:whole_body/2"
      }
    ],
    "vendor": "Erlang",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "17.0",
        "status": "unknown",
        "version": "0",
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      },
      {
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      },
      {
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      },
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      }
    ]
  },
  {
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      "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "httpd_request_handler",
      "httpd_request"
    ],
    "packageName": "inets",
    "packageURL": "pkg:otp/inets",
    "product": "OTP",
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      "src/http_server/httpd_request_handler.erl",
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    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "httpd_request_handler:handle_info/2"
      },
      {
        "name": "httpd_request_handler:cancel_request_timeout/1"
      },
      {
        "name": "httpd_request:whole_body/2"
      }
    ],
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    "vendor": "Erlang",
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      },
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      },
      {
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        "status": "affected",
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        "versionType": "otp"
      },
      {
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        "status": "affected",
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        "versionType": "otp"
      }
    ]
  },
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    "collectionURL": "https://github.com",
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      "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "httpd_request_handler",
      "httpd_request"
    ],
    "packageName": "erlang/otp",
    "packageURL": "pkg:github/erlang/otp",
    "product": "OTP",
    "programFiles": [
      "lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_request_handler.erl",
      "lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_request.erl"
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "httpd_request_handler:handle_info/2"
      },
      {
        "name": "httpd_request_handler:cancel_request_timeout/1"
      },
      {
        "name": "httpd_request:whole_body/2"
      }
    ],
    "repo": "https://github.com/erlang/otp",
    "vendor": "Erlang",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "81b453aac5a006bb8d26405f2bc3cf24e9d7733c",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "84adefa331c4159d432d22840663c38f155cd4c1",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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