inets,httpd: Memory Exhaustion via Unenforced max_body_size During Chunked Body Reception (Erlang OTP)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.58 % · percentile 47 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- EEF
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
The inets application HTTP server httpd fails to enforce a configured body-size limit on chunked request. This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 27.3.4.17, from OTP 28.0 before OTP 28.5.0.6, and from OTP 29.0 before OTP 29.0.6, corresponding to inets from 5.10 before 9.3.2.7, from 9.4 before 9.6.2.3, and from 9.7 before 9.7.2. Whether OTP before OTP 17.0, corresponding to inets before 5.10, is affected is unknown.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-8qrh-x566-5xv5
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-74835.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-74835
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/0bceff0c2987cae83d9d4a77c5ecacd6d01b8b86
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8e1ca42b64df6c41306affbe8dc129bdbd4042c7
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/7f9c460d1818c2afb78fbd01f8d8b81343bbb011
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | EEF |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-69238
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-74835
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Erlang · OTP | unknown 0 < 17.0 ; affected 17.0 < 27.3.4.17 ; affected 28.0 < 28.5.0.6 ; affected 29.0 < 29.0.6 |
| Erlang · OTP | unknown 0 < 5.10 ; affected 5.10 < 9.3.2.7 ; affected 9.4 < 9.6.2.3 ; affected 9.7 < 9.7.2 |
| Erlang · OTP | affected 84adefa331c4159d432d22840663c38f155cd4c1 < * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |