CVE-2026-72813CWE-248

CVE-2026-72813

published August 14, 2026

CVSS

6.9

EPSS

Percentile

41.3

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

actix-files before 0.6.10 contains a denial of service vulnerability triggered by an empty Range header in GET requests for static files. When panic is set to abort, remote attackers can crash the process on-demand by sending a GET request with an empty Range header.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS: 6.9 · NONE
CVSS v4.0: 6.9 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS: 0.00491 · 41.3th percentile
Weakness: CWE-248 · Uncaught Exception
Published: 2026-08-14T16:16Z

References (3)

https://github.com/actix/actix-web/security/advisories/GHSA-gcqf-3g44-vc9p · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/actix-files-before-denial-of-service-via-empty-range-header · [email protected]https://github.com/actix/actix-web/security/advisories/GHSA-gcqf-3g44-vc9p · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

EPSS history

Timeline

14 AUG 11:35Z
actix-files before 0.6.10 Denial of Service via empty Range header
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