Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 9, 2026
Rack: Multipart parsing allows DoS via unbounded scan buffer growth
CVE-2026-125111
Description
Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to 2.2.25, 3.1.23, and 3.2.8, Rack::Multipart::Parser can retain parsed data in its internal StringScanner buffer when reads end inside or immediately after multipart headers. An unauthenticated attacker can align many small parts with rack.multipart.buffer_size boundaries so the buffer grows with the request despite per-field, header, and preamble limits, causing a worker to exhaust memory. The attack requires only a well-formed multipart body and affects applications that parse multipart requests. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.25, 3.1.23, and 3.2.8.
Affected products
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/rack/rack/commit/244e75a840cee0823f86d5d01dc374505a8abed8mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/rack/rack/commit/2eaa5b1026a03a43b6537b1a0b233707ba887702mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/rack/rack/commit/c9b4698595050838342bd3b5a0fc9ab908065f8fmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-5v64-555j-wjxmmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.