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CVE-2026-34829: Rack's multipart parsing without Content-Length header allows unbounded chunked file uploads

April 2, 2026

Rack::Multipart::Parser only wraps the request body in a BoundedIO when CONTENT_LENGTH is present. When a multipart/form-data request is sent without a Content-Length header, such as with HTTP chunked transfer encoding, multipart parsing continues until end-of-stream with no total size limit.

For file parts, the uploaded body is written directly to a temporary file on disk rather than being constrained by the buffered in-memory upload limit. An unauthenticated attacker can therefore stream an arbitrarily large multipart file upload and consume unbounded disk space.

This results in a denial of service condition for Rack applications that accept multipart form data.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-8vqr-qjwx-82mw
  • github.com/rack/rack
  • github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-8vqr-qjwx-82mw
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34829

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.0.0.beta1 before 3.1.21, all versions before 2.2.23, all versions starting from 3.2.0 before 3.2.6

Fixed versions

  • 2.2.23
  • 3.1.21
  • 3.2.6

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, 3.2.6 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

gem/rack/CVE-2026-34829.yml

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