CVE-2026-54283
HIGHStarlette: request.form() limits silently ignored for application/x-www-form-urlencoded enable DoS
Title source: cnaDescription
Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. From 0.4.1 until 1.3.1, request.form() accepts max_fields and max_part_size to bound resource consumption while parsing form data. These limits are enforced for multipart/form-data, but silently ignored for application/x-www-form-urlencoded. An unauthenticated attacker can therefore send a urlencoded body with an arbitrarily large number of fields or an arbitrarily large field, even when the application configured limits it believed would apply. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-82w8-qh3p-5jfq
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
32.5%
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-770
Status
published
Products (2)
encode/starlette
0.4.1 - 1.3.1
Kludex/starlette
>= 0.4.1, < 1.3.1
Published
Jun 22, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 22, 2026