LiveActive security incident?Get immediate response
CVE Record

CVE-2026-34829: Rack: Denial of Service via Unbounded Multipart File Upload Without Content-Length

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Multipart::Parser only wraps the request body in a BoundedIO when CONTENT_LENGTH is present. When a multipart/form-data request is sent without a Content-Length header, such as with HTTP chunked transfer encoding, multipart parsing continues until end-of-stream with no total size limit. For file parts, the uploaded body is written directly to a temporary file on disk rather than being constrained by the buffered in-memory upload limit. An unauthenticated attacker can therefore stream an arbitrarily large multipart file upload and consume unbounded disk space. This results in a denial of service condition for Rack applications that accept multipart form data. This issue has been patched in versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.

HighCVSS 7.5Not KEV-listedUpdated
Glexia's TakeAutomated analysishigh

Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

Rack applications that accept file uploads can be forced to write unlimited upload data to disk when requests omit Content-Length. An unauthenticated attacker could fill disk space and disrupt service. Fixed Rack versions are available.

Executive priority

Treat as high priority for internet-facing Ruby services with uploads. The impact is availability loss, not data theft, but disk exhaustion can cause broad application or host outage.

Technical view

Rack::Multipart::Parser only used BoundedIO when CONTENT_LENGTH was present. Multipart requests sent without Content-Length, including chunked transfer, could stream file parts to temporary files without a total size limit. Affected versions are before 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.

Likely exposure

Ruby applications using affected Rack versions are exposed when they accept multipart/form-data uploads and allow requests without Content-Length through their frontend stack.

Exploitation context

The bundle does not show KEV listing or active exploitation. Exploitation requires network access to a Rack multipart endpoint and enough time or bandwidth to exhaust disk space.

Researcher notes

CVSS is 7.5 with network, low-complexity, unauthenticated availability impact. Mapped weaknesses are CWE-400 and CWE-770. Evidence supports Rack only; no other affected products or confirmed exploitation are stated in the bundle.

Mitigation direction

  • Upgrade Rack to 2.2.23, 3.1.21, 3.2.6, or later as applicable.
  • Check Rack and distributor guidance for backported fixes in packaged environments.
  • Apply request body and upload size limits at trusted ingress layers where supported.
  • Monitor temporary upload storage and alert on abnormal growth.
  • Prioritize externally reachable upload endpoints before internal-only services.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory deployed Rack versions across Ruby applications and containers.
  • Identify routes accepting multipart/form-data, especially unauthenticated upload paths.
  • Verify updated Rack versions or vendor-fixed packages are actually running.
  • Review ingress behavior for requests without Content-Length.
  • Check disk and temporary-directory telemetry for unexplained sustained growth.
Prepared
Confidence
high
Sources
6

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context

These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.

ATT&CK lookup starting points

Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.

cwe · low confidence lookup

CWE-400: Exact CWE lookup

Use the exact CWE identifier as the starting point before reviewing related ATT&CK behavior. Open the exact CWE lookup page first, then review the ATT&CK searches from that MITRE weakness context. This is a Glexia lookup hint, not an official ATT&CK mapping.

Open ATT&CK lookup
cwe · low confidence lookup

CWE-770: Exact CWE lookup

Use the exact CWE identifier as the starting point before reviewing related ATT&CK behavior. Open the exact CWE lookup page first, then review the ATT&CK searches from that MITRE weakness context. This is a Glexia lookup hint, not an official ATT&CK mapping.

Open ATT&CK lookup
description · low confidence lookup

File access behavior lookup

The CVE wording references file access or upload behavior, so file telemetry and web shell review may help. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.

Open ATT&CK lookup
cve · low confidence lookup

CVE-2026-34829 mapping review

Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.

Open ATT&CK lookup
Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.

2CVSS vectors
5Timeline events
2ADP providers
5Source links

SSVC decision data

CISA-ADPCISA Coordinator
Timestamp
Version
2.0.3
Exploitation: noneAutomatable: yesTechnical Impact: partial

CVSS vector scores

2 official scores

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
7.5CVSS 3.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6GitHub_M
7.5CVSS 3.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6redhat-SADP

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

7.5High
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2026-34829Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Vulnerability timeline

Timeline events are normalized from CVE metadata, CNA source timelines, ADP timelines, and KEV metadata when present.

  1. CVE reservedCVE Program

    The CVE ID was reserved by the assigning CNA.

  2. ADP timelineredhat-SADP

    Made public.

  3. CVE publishedCVE Program

    The CVE record was published.

  4. ADP timelineredhat-SADP

    Reported to Red Hat.

  5. CVE updatedCVE Program

    The CVE record metadata indicates this as the latest update time.

ADP provider summaries

CISA-ADPCISA ADP Vulnrichment
other:ssvc
redhat-SADPrack: Rack: Denial of Service via unbounded multipart file upload
other:Red Hat severity ratingcvssV3_1
  • 2026-04-02T18:01:19.914Z: Reported to Red Hat.
  • 2026-04-02T16:46:47.357Z: Made public.

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
rackrack< 2.2.23, >= 3.0.0.beta1, < 3.1.21, >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.6Listed
Weakness

CWE details

CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.