CVE-2026-42561

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

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 13, 2026 at 08:55 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 02:10 PM UTC
7 products affected across 2 vendorsPython MultipartSatelliteOpenShift AI

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.0.27
Affected range stops below 0.0.27, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in 1783832856 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1783918403 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1783920640 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1783923914 (unaffected)
All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in 1782887848 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1784834402 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1785806554 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1785929994 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (12)

Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42561
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477309
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37275
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42132
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42142
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43038

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-770CWE-606

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