Rack's multipart parsing without Content-Length header allows unbounded chunked file uploads — CVE-2026-34829

Summary

## Summary `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…

Product

rubygems: rack

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Prioritize patching or mitigation immediately (treat as actively risky).
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

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