Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Multipart::Parser only wraps the request body in a BoundedIO when CONTENT_LENGTH is present. When a multipart/form-data request is sent without a Content-Length header, such as with HTTP chunked transfer encoding, multipart parsing continues until end-of-stream with no total size limit. For file parts, the uploaded body is written directly to a temporary file on disk rather than being constrained by the buffered in-memory upload limit. An unauthenticated attacker can therefore stream an arbitrarily large multipart file upload and consume unbounded disk space. This results in a denial of service condition for Rack applications that accept multipart form data. This issue has been patched in versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade ruby-rack | Aug 2, 2026 | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade librack-ruby (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade librack-ruby1.8 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ruby-rack (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade librack-ruby1.9.1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ruby-rack | Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 17, 2026 |
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