CVE-2026-8468

### Summary An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in `Plug.Conn.read_part_headers/2` allows an unauthenticated attacker to exhaust server memory by sending a crafted `multipart/form-data` request, causing a denial of service. ### Details `Plug.Conn.read_part_headers/2` in `lib/plug/conn.ex` does not obey its `:length` parameter. There is no upper bound on the size of the accumulated buffer. By contrast, the sibling function `read_part_body` has an explicit `byte_size(acc) > length` guard that stops accumulation once a limit is reached. No such guard exists in `read_part_headers`. ### Impact This is a denial-of-service vulnerability. Any application using `Plug.Parsers` with the `:multipart` parser, or calling `Plug.Conn.read_part_headers/2` directly, is affected. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger the issue by sending crafted HTTP requests with no special privileges. ### References * Intro Commit: https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/c52b2f32c90bccd718202bafccb5f95594e30183 * Patch Commit: https://github.com/elixir-plug/plug/commit/d878b42efea9f12b243dc3e362a2ed048a798203

## Summary Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in plug\_project plug allows denial of service via unbounded buffer accumulation in multipart header parsing. 'Elixir.Plug.Conn':read\_part\_headers/2 in lib/plug/conn.ex does not obey its :length parameter. There is no upper bound on the size of the accumulated buffer. By contrast, the sibling function read\_part\_body has an explicit byte\_size(acc) > length guard that stops accumulation once a limit is reached. No such guard exists in read\_part\_headers. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust server memory by sending a crafted multipart/form-data request, causing a denial of service. This issue affects plug from 1.4.0 before 1.15.4, 1.16.3, 1.17.1, 1.18.2, and 1.19.2. ## Configurations The application must use Plug.Parsers with the :multipart parser, or otherwise call Plug.Conn.read\_part\_headers/2 to process multipart/form-data request bodies. Deployments that do not handle multipart uploads are not affected.