CVE-2026-34827: Rack's multipart header parsing allows Denial of Service via escape-heavy quoted parameters
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Rack::Multipart::Parser#handle_mime_head parses quoted multipart parameters such as Content-Disposition: form-data; name="..." using repeated String#index searches combined with String#slice! prefix deletion. For escape-heavy quoted values, this causes super-linear processing.
An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted multipart/form-data request containing many parts with long backslash-escaped parameter values to trigger excessive CPU usage during multipart parsing.
This results in a denial of service condition in Rack applications that accept multipart form data.
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