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.
CWEs
- CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49017 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2152205 ↗
- https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/swift/+/987957 ↗
- https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/swift/+/988093 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/9 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/02/6 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g7jq-j257-rww2 ↗