High severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-116078
HTTP/2 request bodies made of 1-byte DATA frames amplify memory use in Bandit
New
8.7
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in the HTTP/2 request body reader of mtrudel bandit allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust server memory via a request body sent as many 1-byte DATA frames. do_read_data/5 in lib/bandit/http2/stream.ex keeps every DATA frame payload as its own list element until the read returns. The :length option of read_body/2 counts body bytes, not frames, so a body of 1-byte frames costs a list cell and a binary term per byte. Interleaving the frames across up to 500 concurrent streams per connection keeps each stream consuming its frames as they arrive; in the reporter's test, 100 streams held 25 to 40 MiB of stream process memory for 5 MB sent. Only routes whose Plug reads the request body are affected, which includes any route behind Plug.Parsers. This issue affects bandit: from 0.3.1 before 1.14.1.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
bandit · mtrudel
0.3.1 before 1.14.1; c8dc1e97050cf359f61ed6cdd110f3cdaf1d6f5f before 327bb02ff84171237e1aeff787930debd16155ee · source: vendor
Affected product
BA
bandit
mtrudel
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