CVE-2026-74835 PUBLISHED

inets,httpd: Memory Exhaustion via Unenforced max_body_size During Chunked Body Reception

Assigner: EEF
Reserved: 17.08.2026 Published: 01.09.2026 Updated: 01.09.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 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
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor Erlang
Product OTP
Versions Default: unaffected
  • unknown from 0 to 17.0 (excl.)
  • affected from 17.0 to 27.3.4.17 (excl.)
  • affected from 28.0 to 28.5.0.6 (excl.)
  • affected from 29.0 to 29.0.6 (excl.)
Vendor Erlang
Product OTP
Versions Default: unaffected
  • unknown from 0 to 5.10 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.10 to 9.3.2.7 (excl.)
  • affected from 9.4 to 9.6.2.3 (excl.)
  • affected from 9.7 to 9.7.2 (excl.)
Vendor Erlang
Product OTP
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 84adefa331c4159d432d22840663c38f155cd4c1 to * (excl.)

Credits

  • Lukas Backström / Erlang Solutions finder
  • Konrad Pietrzak / Ericsson remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-469 HTTP DoS
  • CAPEC-130 Excessive Allocation