CVE-2026-113436

CVE-2026-113436 · Quadratic bignum parsing of Content-Length and Host port values in Bandit

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Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity vulnerability in the header integer parser of mtrudel bandit allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to consume server CPU via a content-length value or a Host or :authority port made of thousands of digits. Bandit.Headers.parse_integer/2 in lib/bandit/headers.ex builds the number one digit at a time with no limit on the digit count, allocating a new bignum at each step, so one value costs time quadratic in its length. It runs on raw request input over HTTP/1 and HTTP/2, before any range check. Over HTTP/2, a 4,000-digit value can be stored once in the HPACK dynamic table and re-sent on each new stream for about one byte: 124 KB of traffic kept the server busy for 27.9 s. This issue affects bandit: from 1.0.0-pre.7 before 1.14.0.

CVSS 8.7 · High · EPSS 0.6% · Fix available

Published

2026-10-26T13:31:35.033Z

Updated

2026-10-26T15:35:51.556Z

Stack: system

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