Critical severity9.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 8, 2026· Updated Apr 9, 2026
CVE-2026-21876
CVE-2026-21876
Description
The OWASP core rule set (CRS) is a set of generic attack detection rules for use with compatible web application firewalls. Prior to versions 4.22.0 and 3.3.8, the current rule 922110 has a bug when processing multipart requests with multiple parts. When the first rule in a chain iterates over a collection (like MULTIPART_PART_HEADERS), the capture variables (TX:0, TX:1) get overwritten with each iteration. Only the last captured value is available to the chained rule, which means malicious charsets in earlier parts can be missed if a later part has a legitimate charset. Versions 4.22.0 and 3.3.8 patch the issue.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:owasp:owasp_modsecurity_core_rule_set:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <3.3.8
- Range: <4.22.0, <3.3.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/commit/80d80473abf71bd49bf6d3c1ab221e3c74e4eb83nvdPatch
- github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/commit/9917985de09a6cf38b3261faf9105e909d67a7d6nvdPatch
- github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/security/advisories/GHSA-36fv-25j3-r2c5nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/releases/tag/v3.3.8nvdProductRelease Notes
- github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/releases/tag/v4.22.0nvdProductRelease Notes
News mentions
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