CVE-2026-74835

high

Description

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.

References

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-74835

https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-8qrh-x566-5xv5

https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8e1ca42b64df6c41306affbe8dc129bdbd4042c7

https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/7f9c460d1818c2afb78fbd01f8d8b81343bbb011

https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/0bceff0c2987cae83d9d4a77c5ecacd6d01b8b86

https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-74835.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-01

Updated: 2026-09-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: 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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00328