inets,httpd: Memory Exhaustion via Unenforced max_body_size During Chunked Body Reception
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.7epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 74% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
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
Affected products
Erlang · OTPReferences
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-74835.htmlhttps://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/0bceff0c2987cae83d9d4a77c5ecacd6d01b8b86https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/7f9c460d1818c2afb78fbd01f8d8b81343bbb011https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/8e1ca42b64df6c41306affbe8dc129bdbd4042c7https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-8qrh-x566-5xv5https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-74835