Vulnerability Intelligence Report
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
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Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
0.721%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | GitHub, Inc. · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2026-04-28T16:56:50 |
| Published | 2026-05-13T20:55:11 |
| Last Updated | 2026-08-07T12:04:48 |
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