CVE-2026-42561

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductPython-multipart
PublishedMay 13, 2026
First seenMay 13, 2026

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
python-multipartPyPIv < 0.0.270.0.27

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