{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-69664", "assignerOrgId": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "EEF", "dateReserved": "2026-08-17T10:45:02.808Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-01T14:59:03.512Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-01T14:59:03.512Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"cpes": ["cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "modules": ["http_chunk", "httpd_request_handler"], "packageName": "otp", "packageURL": "pkg:sid/erlang.org/otp", "product": "OTP", "programFiles": ["lib/inets/src/http_lib/http_chunk.erl", "lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_request_handler.erl"], "programRoutines": [{"name": "http_chunk:decode_size/4"}, {"name": "httpd_request_handler:handle_info/2"}, {"name": "httpd_request_handler:handle_body/3"}], "vendor": "Erlang", "versions": [{"lessThan": "27.3.4.17", "status": "affected", "version": "18.1.4", "versionType": "otp"}, {"lessThan": "28.5.0.6", "status": "affected", "version": "28.0", "versionType": "otp"}, {"lessThan": "29.0.6", "status": "affected", "version": "29.0", "versionType": "otp"}]}, {"cpes": ["cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "modules": ["http_chunk", "httpd_request_handler"], "packageName": "inets", "packageURL": "pkg:otp/inets", "product": "OTP", "programFiles": ["src/http_lib/http_chunk.erl", "src/http_server/httpd_request_handler.erl"], "programRoutines": [{"name": "http_chunk:decode_size/4"}, {"name": "httpd_request_handler:handle_info/2"}, {"name": "httpd_request_handler:handle_body/3"}], "repo": "https://github.com/erlang/otp", "vendor": "Erlang", "versions": [{"lessThan": "9.3.2.7", "status": "affected", "version": "6.0.3", "versionType": "otp"}, {"lessThan": "9.6.2.3", "status": "affected", "version": "9.4", "versionType": "otp"}, {"lessThan": "9.7.2", "status": "affected", "version": "9.7", "versionType": "otp"}]}, {"collectionURL": "https://github.com", "cpes": ["cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "modules": ["http_chunk", "httpd_request_handler"], "packageName": "erlang/otp", "packageURL": "pkg:github/erlang/otp", "product": "OTP", "programFiles": ["lib/inets/src/http_lib/http_chunk.erl", "lib/inets/src/http_server/httpd_request_handler.erl"], "programRoutines": [{"name": "http_chunk:decode_size/4"}, {"name": "httpd_request_handler:handle_info/2"}, {"name": "httpd_request_handler:handle_body/3"}], "repo": "https://github.com/erlang/otp", "vendor": "Erlang", "versions": [{"changes": [{"at": "a3adf63078438c86527d704e23282b7721d8ca12", "status": "unaffected"}, {"at": "df1a9ca4666e2fdfc44886bfaae76de086d803f6", "status": "unaffected"}, {"at": "bd4e74348c6be8a49f060da6fd48d43f3a960292", "status": "unaffected"}], "lessThan": "*", "status": "affected", "version": "77acb473d8f056f6f534395f131c6e45693797f0", "versionType": "git"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "27.3.4.17", "versionStartIncluding": "18.1.4", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "28.5.0.6", "versionStartIncluding": "28.0", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "29.0.6", "versionStartIncluding": "29.0", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}], "operator": "AND"}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "type": "finder", "value": "Lukas Backstr\u00f6m / Erlang Solutions"}, {"lang": "en", "type": "remediation reviewer", "value": "Konrad Pietrzak / Ericsson"}, {"lang": "en", "type": "remediation developer", "value": "Lukas Backstr\u00f6m / Erlang Solutions"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [{"base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "<p>Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Erlang/OTP inets httpd allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause denial of service by sending a request with a chunked body whose chunk-size line is not a hexadecimal number. The worker serving the connection is never released and no timeout reclaims it, so repeating the request across connections occupies every available worker and denies service to legitimate clients. No authentication is required and the default configuration is affected.</p>\n<p>The chunk-size line must arrive in a write separate from the headers. When the body accompanies the headers, <code>httpd_request_handler:handle_body/3</code> calls <code>http_chunk:decode/3</code> inside a <code>try ... catch throw:Error</code>, so the <code>{error, {chunk_size, _}}</code> thrown by <code>http_chunk:decode_size/4</code> is answered with <code>400 Bad Request</code>. When the chunk size arrives later, the decoder is resumed through a bare <code>catch</code> in <code>httpd_request_handler:handle_info/2</code>, which converts the throw into a return value rather than raising it; the resulting error tuple is then treated as the next decoder continuation, the socket is re-armed, and the worker waits for data that never comes. The request timeout has already been cancelled at the point the headers were accepted, and the periodic byte-rate check is only armed when <code>minimum_bytes_per_second</code> is configured, which it is not by default.</p>\n<p>This issue affects OTP from OTP&nbsp;18.1.4 before OTP&nbsp;27.3.4.17, from OTP&nbsp;28.0 before OTP&nbsp;28.5.0.6, and from OTP&nbsp;29.0 before OTP&nbsp;29.0.6, corresponding to inets from 6.0.3 before 9.3.2.7, from 9.4 before 9.6.2.3, and from 9.7 before 9.7.2.</p>"}, {"base64": false, "type": "text/markdown", "value": "Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Erlang/OTP inets httpd allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause denial of service by sending a request with a chunked body whose chunk-size line is not a hexadecimal number. The worker serving the connection is never released and no timeout reclaims it, so repeating the request across connections occupies every available worker and denies service to legitimate clients. No authentication is required and the default configuration is affected.\n\nThe chunk-size line must arrive in a write separate from the headers. When the body accompanies the headers, `httpd_request_handler:handle_body/3` calls `http_chunk:decode/3` inside a `try ... catch throw:Error`, so the `{error, {chunk_size, _}}` thrown by `http_chunk:decode_size/4` is answered with `400 Bad Request`. When the chunk size arrives later, the decoder is resumed through a bare `catch` in `httpd_request_handler:handle_info/2`, which converts the throw into a return value rather than raising it; the resulting error tuple is then treated as the next decoder continuation, the socket is re-armed, and the worker waits for data that never comes. The request timeout has already been cancelled at the point the headers were accepted, and the periodic byte-rate check is only armed when `minimum_bytes_per_second` is configured, which it is not by default.\n\nThis issue affects OTP from OTP\u00a018.1.4 before OTP\u00a027.3.4.17, from OTP\u00a028.0 before OTP\u00a028.5.0.6, and from OTP\u00a029.0 before OTP\u00a029.0.6, corresponding to inets from 6.0.3 before 9.3.2.7, from 9.4 before 9.6.2.3, and from 9.7 before 9.7.2."}], "value": "Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Erlang/OTP inets httpd allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause denial of service by sending a request with a chunked body whose chunk-size line is not a hexadecimal number. The worker serving the connection is never released and no timeout reclaims it, so repeating the request across connections occupies every available worker and denies service to legitimate clients. No authentication is required and the default configuration is affected.\n\nThe chunk-size line must arrive in a write separate from the headers. When the body accompanies the headers, httpd_request_handler:handle_body/3 calls http_chunk:decode/3 inside a try ... catch throw:Error, so the {error, {chunk_size, _}} thrown by http_chunk:decode_size/4 is answered with 400 Bad Request. When the chunk size arrives later, the decoder is resumed through a bare catch in httpd_request_handler:handle_info/2, which converts the throw into a return value rather than raising it; the resulting error tuple is then treated as the next decoder continuation, the socket is re-armed, and the worker waits for data that never comes. The request timeout has already been cancelled at the point the headers were accepted, and the periodic byte-rate check is only armed when minimum_bytes_per_second is configured, which it is not by default.\n\nThis issue affects OTP from OTP\u00a018.1.4 before OTP\u00a027.3.4.17, from OTP\u00a028.0 before OTP\u00a028.5.0.6, and from OTP\u00a029.0 before OTP\u00a029.0.6, corresponding to inets from 6.0.3 before 9.3.2.7, from 9.4 before 9.6.2.3, and from 9.7 before 9.7.2."}], "impacts": [{"capecId": "CAPEC-469", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CAPEC-469 HTTP DoS"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV4_0": {"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED", "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED", "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackRequirements": "NONE", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseScore": 8.7, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED", "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE", "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED", "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N", "version": "4.0", "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH", "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED"}, "format": "CVSS", "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "GENERAL"}]}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-772", "description": "CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db", "shortName": "EEF", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-01T14:59:03.512Z"}, "references": [{"tags": ["vendor-advisory", "related"], "url": "https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-mr35-8h7w-w3gq"}, {"tags": ["related"], "url": "https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-69664.html"}, {"tags": ["related"], "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-69664"}, {"tags": ["x_version-scheme"], "url": "https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions"}, {"tags": ["patch"], "url": "https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/a3adf63078438c86527d704e23282b7721d8ca12"}, {"tags": ["patch"], "url": "https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/df1a9ca4666e2fdfc44886bfaae76de086d803f6"}, {"tags": ["patch"], "url": "https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/bd4e74348c6be8a49f060da6fd48d43f3a960292"}], "source": {"discovery": "EXTERNAL"}, "title": "httpd parks a request worker indefinitely on a malformed chunk size sent after the headers", "workarounds": [{"lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [{"base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "<ul>\n<li>Set <code>minimum_bytes_per_second</code> in the httpd configuration, for example <code>{minimum_bytes_per_second, 200}</code>. This arms a periodic byte-rate check that terminates a connection which has stopped delivering data, reclaiming the parked worker within a few seconds. The check is disabled by default, and any positive value suffices because an affected connection delivers no further data at all.</li>\n<li>Place a reverse proxy in front of httpd that validates chunked transfer encoding and rejects malformed chunk framing before it reaches httpd.</li>\n<li>Restrict access to the server to trusted clients where the deployment allows it.</li>\n</ul>"}, {"base64": false, "type": "text/markdown", "value": "* Set `minimum_bytes_per_second` in the httpd configuration, for example `{minimum_bytes_per_second, 200}`. This arms a periodic byte-rate check that terminates a connection which has stopped delivering data, reclaiming the parked worker within a few seconds. The check is disabled by default, and any positive value suffices because an affected connection delivers no further data at all.\n* Place a reverse proxy in front of httpd that validates chunked transfer encoding and rejects malformed chunk framing before it reaches httpd.\n* Restrict access to the server to trusted clients where the deployment allows it."}], "value": "* Set minimum_bytes_per_second in the httpd configuration, for example {minimum_bytes_per_second, 200}. This arms a periodic byte-rate check that terminates a connection which has stopped delivering data, reclaiming the parked worker within a few seconds. The check is disabled by default, and any positive value suffices because an affected connection delivers no further data at all.\n* Place a reverse proxy in front of httpd that validates chunked transfer encoding and rejects malformed chunk framing before it reaches httpd.\n* Restrict access to the server to trusted clients where the deployment allows it."}]}}}

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