CVE-2026-72813 PUBLISHED

actix-files before 0.6.10 Denial of Service via empty Range header

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 10.08.2026 Published: 14.08.2026 Updated: 14.08.2026

actix-files before 0.6.10 contains a denial of service vulnerability triggered by an empty Range header in GET requests for static files. When panic is set to abort, remote attackers can crash the process on-demand by sending a GET request with an empty Range header.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor actix
Product actix-web
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.6.10 (excl.)
  • Version 0.6.10 is unaffected

Credits

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References

Problem Types

  • Uncaught Exception CWE