CVE-2026-32145
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in gleam-wisp wisp allows a denial of service via multipart form body parsing.
The multipart_body function bypasses configured max_body_size and max_files_size limits. When a multipart boundary is not present in a chunk, the parser takes the MoreRequiredForBody path, which appends the chunk to the output but passes the quota unchanged to the recursive call. Only the final chunk containing the boundary is counted via decrement_quota. The same pattern exists in multipart_headers, where MoreRequiredForHeaders recurses without calling decrement_body_quota.
An unauthenticated attacker can exhaust server memory or disk by sending arbitrarily large multipart form submissions in a single HTTP request.
This issue affects wisp: from 0.2.0 before 2.2.2.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
wispHex | < 2.2.2 | 2.2.2 |
Affected products
1Patches
13 files changed · +63 −7
CHANGELOG.md+2 −0 modified@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ - The Mist web server related module has been moved to the `wisp_mist` adapter package. A `wisp_ewe` package has been created too! - `send_file` failing will now result in an internal server error being sent. +- Fixed a bug where the max body sizes would not be respected for chunked + request body streams. ## v2.2.1 - 2026-03-08
src/wisp.gleam+18 −7 modified@@ -1172,6 +1172,7 @@ fn multipart_body( http.MoreRequiredForBody(chunk, parse) -> { let parse = fn_with_bad_request_error(parse, invalid_form) let reader = BufferedReader(reader, <<>>) + use quota <- result.try(decrement_quota(quota, size_read)) use data <- result.try(append(data, chunk)) multipart_body(reader, parse, boundary, chunk_size, quota, append, data) } @@ -1242,6 +1243,8 @@ fn multipart_headers( } } let reader = BufferedReader(reader, <<>>) + let size_read = bit_array.byte_size(chunk) + use quotas <- result.try(decrement_body_quota(quotas, size_read)) multipart_headers(reader, parse, chunk_size, quotas) } } @@ -2000,18 +2003,26 @@ pub fn get_cookie( // Testing // -// TODO: chunk the body @internal pub fn create_canned_connection( body: BitArray, secret_key_base: String, ) -> internal.Connection { - internal.make_connection( - fn(_size) { - Ok(internal.Chunk(body, fn(_size) { Ok(internal.ReadingFinished) })) - }, - secret_key_base, - ) + internal.make_connection(canned_reader(body), secret_key_base) +} + +fn canned_reader(data: BitArray) -> internal.Reader { + fn(chunk_size) { + case bit_array.byte_size(data) { + 0 -> Ok(internal.ReadingFinished) + size -> { + let take = int.min(chunk_size, size) + let assert Ok(chunk) = bit_array.slice(data, 0, take) + let assert Ok(rest) = bit_array.slice(data, take, size - take) + Ok(internal.Chunk(chunk, canned_reader(rest))) + } + } + } } /// Protects against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks by checking the
test/wisp_test.gleam+43 −0 modified@@ -885,6 +885,49 @@ Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"one\"\r ) } +// https://github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/issues/108 +pub fn multipart_form_body_too_big_across_chunks_test() { + let data = "--b\r +Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"x\"\r +\r +" <> string.repeat("A", 200) <> "\r +--b--\r +" + assert simulate.request(http.Post, "/") + |> simulate.string_body(data) + |> request.set_header("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=b") + |> wisp.set_max_body_size(120) + |> wisp.set_read_chunk_size(100) + |> form_handler(fn(_) { panic as "should be unreachable" }) + == Response( + 413, + [#("content-type", "text/plain")], + wisp.Text("Content too large"), + ) +} + +// https://github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/issues/108 +pub fn multipart_form_headers_too_big_across_chunks_test() { + let data = + "--b\r +Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"x\"\r +\r +1\r +--b--\r +" + assert simulate.request(http.Post, "/") + |> simulate.string_body(data) + |> request.set_header("content-type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=b") + |> wisp.set_max_body_size(10) + |> wisp.set_read_chunk_size(4) + |> form_handler(fn(_) { panic as "should be unreachable" }) + == Response( + 413, + [#("content-type", "text/plain")], + wisp.Text("Content too large"), + ) +} + pub fn multipart_form_no_boundary_test() { let data = "--theboundary\r
Vulnerability mechanics
Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.
References
6- github.com/advisories/GHSA-8645-p2v4-73r2ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32145ghsaADVISORY
- cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-32145.htmlnvdWEB
- github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/commit/7a978748e12ab29db232c222254465890e1a4a90nvdWEB
- github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/security/advisories/GHSA-8645-p2v4-73r2nvdWEB
- osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-32145nvdWEB
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