CVE-2026-54283

Starlette (Python-starlette) from 0.4.1 through 1.3.1 is affected by CVE-2026-54283, where request.form() fails to apply max_fields/max_part_size for application/x-www-form-urlencoded, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to send a URL-encoded body with unbounded fields or field size. This result...

CVE-2026-54283 Starlette: request.form() limits silently ignored for application/x-www-form-urlencoded enable DoS

Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. From 0.4.1 until 1.3.1, request.form accepts maxfields and maxpartsize to bound resource consumption while parsing form data. These limits are enforced for multipart/form-data, but silently ignored for application/x-www-form-urlencoded. An...