CVE-2026-42561
HIGHPython-Multipart: Denial of Service via unbounded multipart part headers
Title source: cnaDescription
Python-Multipart is a streaming multipart parser for Python. Prior to 0.0.27, python-multipart has a denial of service vulnerability in multipart part header parsing. When parsing multipart/form-data, MultipartParser previously had no limit on the number of part headers or the size of an individual part header. An attacker could send a request with either many repeated headers without terminating the header block or a single very large header value, causing excessive CPU work before request rejection or completion. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.27.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42561
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477309
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/Kludex/python-multipart/security/advisories/GHSA-pp6c-gr5w-3c5g
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37275
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0055
EPSS Percentile
42.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-606
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (2)
Kludex/python-multipart
< 0.0.27
pypi/python-multipart
0 - 0.0.27PyPI
Published
May 13, 2026
Tracked Since
May 14, 2026