CVE-2026-82728: Unbounded HTTP/1 status-line and chunk-extension buffering in Mint causes memory-exhaustion DoS
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: 0.52% (FIRST EPSS).
- 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: elixir-mint mint 1.10.0, 19be5558b6a317e271c78666498dd78b151e490a.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to elixir-mint mint 1.10.0, 19be5558b6a317e271c78666498dd78b151e490a 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
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in elixir-mint mint allows a remote HTTP server to exhaust memory on the client host and cause a denial of service. Two HTTP/1 response-parser states accumulate server data without any cap. In lib/mint/http1.ex, decode_status_line/4 stores the unconsumed data in conn.buffer when the status line is incomplete, and decode_body/5 does the same for an unterminated chunk-extension line. Both wait for a CRLF the server never has to send, and conn.buffer is prepended to every subsequent socket message. The :max_header_list_size budget is wired only into decode_headers/5 and decode_trailer_headers/4, so neither of these states is covered by it. A malicious server, or one reached through an attacker-controlled redirect or a fetched URL, streams bytes indefinitely until the BEAM node is killed by the operating system out-of-memory handler. The chunk-extension variant is reached after a valid status line and a complete, valid header section, so an intermediary inspecting only headers sees an ordinary 200 response. This issue affects mint: from 0.1.0 before 1.10.0.
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 8, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 44th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-770
Report tools
Action score
32
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · EEF
- 8.2
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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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.
elixir-mint mint
- 0.1.0 and later · before 1.10.0affected · semver
- c088e4b6430545338841ab8d294369e45d39856a and later · before 19be5558b6a317e271c78666498dd78b151e490aaffected · git
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hex | mint | from 0.1.0 · before 1.10.0 | 1.10.0 |
Same product
elixir-mint: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-56810mint buffers an entire chunked response chunk in memory in Mint.HTTP1.decode_body/534Monitor
- CVE-2026-91043HPACK-indexed cookie fields in Mint HTTP/2 responses bypass max_header_list_size and exhaust client memory32Monitor
- CVE-2026-58229Unbounded HTTP/1 response-header and chunked-trailer accumulation in Mint causes memory-exhaustion DoS32Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-59246Jul 14, 2026 · Zero-length HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames bypass Mint's header-block byte-size cap and exhaust client memory25Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-59249Jul 16, 2026 · Sign-tolerant HTTP/1 chunk-size parser in Mint enables response smuggling against strict intermediaries on pooled connections25Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-82729Sep 4, 2026 · Quadratic chunk-size parsing in Mint.HTTP1.Parse allows CPU-exhaustion DoS25Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| elixir-mint mint | 1.10.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| elixir-mint mint | 19be5558b6a317e271c78666498dd78b151e490a | Vendor (CNA) |
| Hex:mint | 1.10.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
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.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Tr3borfinder
- Andrea Leopardiremediation developer
- Jonatan Männchen / EEFcoordinator
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-5681060 days apartmint buffers an entire chunked response chunk in memory in Mint.HTTP1.decode_body/534Monitor
- CVE-2026-9104324 days apartHPACK-indexed cookie fields in Mint HTTP/2 responses bypass max_header_list_size and exhaust client memory32Monitor
- CVE-2026-5822952 days apartUnbounded HTTP/1 response-header and chunked-trailer accumulation in Mint causes memory-exhaustion DoS32Monitor
- CVE-2026-4886294 days apartUnbounded conn.streams growth in Mint HTTP/2 client via unenforced PUSH_PROMISE concurrency32Monitor
- CVE-2026-4975494 days apartHTTP/2 CONTINUATION flood in Mint client via unbounded header-block accumulation32Monitor
- CVE-2026-9210324 days apartMint HTTP/2 client buffers oversized frames up to 16 MiB before enforcing max_frame_size25Monitor
Not on record for this CVE: public bounty program.
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 ThrottlingCVSS 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
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- FloodingCAPEC-125likelihood: High · Medium
- Excessive AllocationCAPEC-130likelihood: Medium · Medium
- XML Ping of the DeathCAPEC-147likelihood: Low · Medium
- Exponential Data ExpansionCAPEC-197likelihood: High · Medium
- Serialized Data Parameter BlowupCAPEC-229likelihood: High · High
- Serialized Data with Nested PayloadsCAPEC-230likelihood: Medium · High
- Oversized Serialized Data PayloadsCAPEC-231likelihood: Medium · High
- HTTP DoSCAPEC-469Low
ATT&CK techniques
- Network Denial of Service:Direct Network FloodT1498.001
- Network Denial of Service:Reflection AmplificationT1498.002
- Endpoint Denial of ServiceT1499
- Endpoint Denial of Service: OS Exhaustion FloodT1499.001
- Endpoint Denial of Service:Service Exhaustion FloodT1499.002
- Endpoint Denial of Service:Application Exhaustion FloodT1499.003
Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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