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Python-Multipart: Denial of Service via unbounded multipart part headers

CVE-2026-42561

Python-Multipart is a streaming multipart parser for Python. Prior to 0.0.27, python-multipart has a denial of service vulnerability in multipart part header parsing. When parsing multipart/form-data, MultipartParser previously had no limit on the number of part headers or the size of an individual part header. An attacker could send a request with either many repeated headers without terminating the header block or a single very large header value, causing excessive CPU work before request rejection or completion. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.27.

No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.5
HIGH
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:3.6
EPSS Probability:0.72%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770 ↗CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
Kludex python-multipart < 0.0.27 (affected)

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score
0.721%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityGitHub, Inc. · Vendor · USA
Reserved2026-04-28T16:56:50
Published2026-05-13T20:55:11
Last Updated2026-08-07T12:04:48

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