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CVE-2026-55951: httpc memory exhaustion via unbounded response header accumulation

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.69% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 52.7% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Erlang OTP 27.3.4.17, 28.5.0.6, 29.0.6; azl3 erlang 26.2.5.21-4 on Azure Linux 3.0 26.2.5.21-6; azl3 erlang 26.2.5.21-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 26.2.5.21-6.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Erlang OTP 27.3.4.17, 28.5.0.6, 29.0.6; azl3 erlang 26.2.5.21-4 on Azure Linux 3.0 26.2.5.21-6; azl3 erlang 26.2.5.21-6 on Azure Linux 3.0 26.2.5.21-6 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

The Erlang/OTP httpc HTTP client does not enforce a limit on the total size of response headers received from a server. The max_header_size option defaults to nolimit, and httpc_response:parse_headers/6 accumulates every header into a list before the length check runs (which only fires after the terminating CRLF CRLF is received). A malicious or compromised HTTP server can send an arbitrarily large number of headers, or headers with very large values, causing the client process to allocate unbounded memory until the system runs out of memory or the BEAM VM crashes. A proof-of-concept server sending 100,000 headers of roughly 4000 bytes each caused the client VM to allocate over 13 GB of memory in under 30 seconds. Any application using httpc:request/4,5 to connect to untrusted servers is affected. No authentication is required: any server the client connects to (including via a redirect or man-in-the-middle) can trigger the exhaustion. 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.

HighCVSS 8.2 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 1, 2026
Updated
Sep 8, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 52th percentile

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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · EEF
8.2
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (EEF). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Erlang OTP

    • before 17.0unknown · otp
    • 17.0 and later · before 27.3.4.17affected · otp
    • 28.0 and later · before 28.5.0.6affected · otp
    • 29.0 and later · before 29.0.6affected · otp
    • before 5.10unknown · otp
    • 5.10 and later · before 9.3.2.7affected · otp
    • 9.4 and later · before 9.6.2.3affected · otp
    • 9.7 and later · before 9.7.2affected · otp
    • 84adefa331c4159d432d22840663c38f155cd4c1 and lateraffected · gitfixed in aba0fe8c2d700bf4ac94607cf7f00e53bbe4042d, e3be1cfe9f6cedd0cd20d9905e05601dfb31c8aa

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12erlangfrom 0—
Debian:13erlangbefore 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u41:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u4
Debian:14erlangbefore 1:29.0.6+dfsg-11:29.0.6+dfsg-1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2026-74835inets,httpd: Memory Exhaustion via Unenforced max_body_size During Chunked Body Reception
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-71380httpd applies no timeout while receiving a request body, parking a worker on a stalled client
    34Monitor

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    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Erlang OTP27.3.4.17Vendor (CNA)
Erlang OTP28.5.0.6Vendor (CNA)
Erlang OTP29.0.6Vendor (CNA)
Erlang OTP9.3.2.7Vendor (CNA)
Erlang OTP9.6.2.3Vendor (CNA)
Erlang OTP9.7.2Vendor (CNA)
Erlang OTPaba0fe8c2d700bf4ac94607cf7f00e53bbe4042dVendor (CNA)
Erlang OTPe3be1cfe9f6cedd0cd20d9905e05601dfb31c8aaVendor (CNA)
azl3 erlang 26.2.5.21-4 on Azure Linux 3.026.2.5.21-6Microsoft (MSRC)
azl3 erlang 26.2.5.21-6 on Azure Linux 3.026.2.5.21-6Microsoft (MSRC)
debian:erlang1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u4 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
debian:erlang1:29.0.6+dfsg-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-703990 days aparthttpd does not enforce the documented default max_clients connection limit
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-748350 days apartinets,httpd: Memory Exhaustion via Unenforced max_body_size During Chunked Body Reception
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-6895621 days apartSSH daemon allocates unbounded idle session channels, bypassing max_channels
    28Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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