openstack/swift · Security

OpenStack Swift: s3api middleware enters an infinite loop when processing a truncated aws-chunked PUT request body

GHSA ID
GHSA-g7jq-j257-rww2
CVE ID
CVE-2026-49017
Severity
high
Published
Updated
CVSS v4
7.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Description

In OpenStack Swift before 2.36.2 and 2.37.2, s3api middleware enters an infinite loop when processing a truncated aws-chunked PUT request body. The StreamingInput class repeatedly appends an empty buffer and re-reads, causing the proxy-server worker handling the request to become permanently unresponsive with increasing CPU and memory consumption. An authenticated attacker can systematically exhaust all proxy-server workers, resulting in denial of service. The defect was introduced in Swift 2.36.0.

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