CVE-2026-34827CWE-400CWE-407CWE-770

Rack: Algorithmic-Complexity DoS in Rack::Multipart::Parser

High · published April 2, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. From versions 3.0.0.beta1 to before 3.1.21, and 3.2.0 to before 3.2.6, 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. This issue has been patched in versions 3.1.21 and 3.2.6.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00658 · 50.9th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption; CWE-407 · Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity; CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2026-04-02T17:07Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 APR 17:07Z
    Rack: Algorithmic-Complexity DoS in Rack::Multipart::Parser
    cvelistv5