High severity · published May 13, 2026
CVE-2026-42561
Python-Multipart: Denial of Service via unbounded multipart part headers
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Python-Multipart is a streaming multipart parser for Python. Prior to 0.0.27, python-multipart has a denial of service vulnerability in multipart part header parsing. When parsing multipart/form-data, MultipartParser previously had no limit on the number of part headers or the size of an individual part header. An attacker could send a request with either many repeated headers without terminating the header block or a single very large header value, causing excessive CPU work before request rejection or completion. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.27.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PY
python-multipart · Kludex
< 0.0.27 · source: vendor
EI
Exploit Intelligence · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat AI Inference Server · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8.2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42561
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42561
github.com
https://github.com/Kludex/python-multipart/security/advisories/GHSA-pp6c-gr5w-3c5g
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37275
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42132
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42142
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43038
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44696
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