Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting plug package, versions >=1.4.0-rc.0 <1.15.4>=1.16.0 <1.16.3>=1.17.0 <1.17.1>=1.18.0 <1.18.2>=1.19.0 <1.19.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-HEX-PLUG-16699554
  • published15 May 2026
  • disclosed14 May 2026
  • creditJosé Valim

Introduced: 14 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-8468  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade plug to version 1.15.4, 1.16.3, 1.17.1, 1.18.2, 1.19.2 or higher.

Overview

plug is a specification and conveniences for composable modules between web applications.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the read_part_headers function. An attacker can exhaust server memory by sending a crafted multipart/form-data request with excessively large headers, leading to service disruption.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1