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Quadratic bignum parsing of Content-Length and Host port values in Bandit

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity vulnerability in the header integer parser of mtrudel bandit allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to consume server CPU via a content-length value or a Host or :authority port made of thousands of digits. Bandit.Headers.parse_integer/2 in lib/bandit/headers.ex builds the number one digit at a time with no limit on the digit count, allocating a new bignum at each step, so one value costs time quadratic in its length. It runs on raw request input over HTTP/1 and HTTP/2, before any range check. Over HTTP/2, a 4,000-digit value can be stored once in the HPACK dynamic table and re-sent on each new stream for about one byte: 124 KB of traffic kept the server busy for 27.9 s. This issue affects bandit: from 1.0.0-pre.7 before 1.14.0.

Products
bandit
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-113436
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 12:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Quadratic bignum parsing of Content-Length and Host port values in Bandit

core-cve · Original source

Published 26 Oct 2026, 13:31 UTC

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity vulnerability in the header integer parser of mtrudel bandit allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to consume server CPU via a content-length value or a Host or :authority port made of thousands of digits. Bandit.Headers.parse_integer/2 in lib/bandit/headers.ex builds the number one digit at a time with no limit on the digit count, allocating a new bignum at each step, so one value costs time quadratic in its length. It runs on raw request input over HTTP/1 and HTTP/2, before any range check. Over HTTP/2, a 4,000-digit value can be stored once in the HPACK dynamic table and re-sent on each new stream for about one byte: 124 KB of traffic kept the server busy for 27.9 s. This issue affects bandit: from 1.0.0-pre.7 before 1.14.0.

cve:CVE-2026-113436

bandit

Fixed versions: Not specified

bandit

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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