CVE-2026-74835CWE-770denial-of-service

CVE-2026-74835

published September 1, 2026

CVSS
8.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The inets application HTTP server httpd fails to enforce a configured body-size limit on chunked request.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 27.3.4.17, from OTP 28.0 before OTP 28.5.0.6, and from OTP 29.0 before OTP 29.0.6, corresponding to inets from 5.10 before 9.3.2.7, from 9.4 before 9.6.2.3, and from 9.7 before 9.7.2. Whether OTP before OTP 17.0, corresponding to inets before 5.10, is affected is unknown.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
8.7 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00577 · 46.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2026-09-01T19:17Z
References (6)
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-74835.html · 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/0bceff0c2987cae83d9d4a77c5ecacd6d01b8b86 · 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/7f9c460d1818c2afb78fbd01f8d8b81343bbb011 · 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8e1ca42b64df6c41306affbe8dc129bdbd4042c7 · 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-8qrh-x566-5xv5 · 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-74835 · 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 SEP 03:32Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 01 SEP 14:45Z
    inets,httpd: Memory Exhaustion via Unenforced max_body_size During Chunked Body Reception
    cvelistv5