CVE-2026-8468
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in plug_project plug allows denial of service via unbounded buffer accumulation in multipart header parsing. 'Elixir.Plug.Conn':read_part_headers/2 in lib/plug/conn.ex does not obey its :length parameter. There is no upper bound on the size of the accumulated buffer. By contrast, the sibling function read_part_body has an explicit byte_size(acc) > length guard that stops accumulation once a limit is reached. No such guard exists in read_part_headers. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust server memory by sending a crafted multipart/form-data request, causing a denial of service. This issue affects plug from 1.4.0 before 1.15.4, 1.16.3, 1.17.1, 1.18.2, and 1.19.2.
How to fix
- plug_project plug1.15.4, 1.16.3, 1.17.1, 1.18.2, 1.19.2 or later
- github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/2cb7958d33030aa826b0c7404375844d4593d43a
- github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/aa69c5ece99c40ded88b8c6581ecc86664b0b734
- github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/d5dfffe25e975585227b1b85d247b0d14164bc45
- github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/df812a1527bae9e941965e897308a2b8bbf83a94
- github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/33858427c7f2737d560a2e40a0c9a9270d77d1d7
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| plug_project plug | 1.4.0 ≤ v < 1.15.4, 1.16.0 ≤ v < 1.16.3, 1.17.0 ≤ v < 1.17.1, 1.18.0 ≤ v < 1.18.2, 1.19.0 ≤ v < 1.19.2, c52b2f32c90bccd718202bafccb5f95594e30183 | 1.15.4, 1.16.3, 1.17.1, 1.18.2, 1.19.2 |
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