CVE-2026-8468Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in plug_project plug allows denial of service via unbounded buffer accumulation in multipart header parsing.
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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in plug_project plug allows denial of service via unbounded buffer accumulation in multipart header parsing. 'Elixir.Plug.Conn':read_part_headers/2 in lib/plug/conn.ex does not obey its :length parameter. There is no upper bound on the size of the accumulated buffer. By contrast, the sibling function read_part_body has an explicit byte_size(acc) > length guard that stops accumulation once a limit is reached. No such guard exists in read_part_headers. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust server memory by sending a crafted multipart/form-data request, causing a denial of service. This issue affects plug from 1.4.0 before 1.15.4, 1.16.3, 1.17.1, 1.18.2, and 1.19.2.
- CVSS
- 8.2 HIGH (v4.0, NVD)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-770
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
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References
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-8466.html
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-8468.html
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/2cb7958d33030aa826b0c7404375844d4593d43a
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/33858427c7f2737d560a2e40a0c9a9270d77d1d7
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/aa69c5ece99c40ded88b8c6581ecc86664b0b734
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/d5dfffe25e975585227b1b85d247b0d14164bc45
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/df812a1527bae9e941965e897308a2b8bbf83a94
- https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/security/advisories/GHSA-468c-vq7p-gh64
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-8468
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