HTTP/1 chunked decoder infinite loop on requests with trailer fields in bandit
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-835.
Summary
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in mtrudel bandit allows unauthenticated remote denial of service via worker process exhaustion. 'Elixir.Bandit.HTTP1.Socket':do_read_chunked_data!/5 in lib/bandit/http1/socket.ex terminates only when the last-chunk line 0\r\n is followed immediately by the empty trailer line \r\n. RFC 9112 §7.1.2 permits zero or more trailer fields between them. When trailers are present, none of the match clauses fit: the catch-all arm computes a negative to_read, calls read_available!/2, receives <<>> on timeout, and tail-recurses with unchanged state. The worker process is pinned for the lifetime of the TCP connection. A handful of concurrent connections sending RFC-conformant chunked requests with trailer fields is sufficient to exhaust the Bandit worker pool and render the server unresponsive to all further traffic. No authentication, special headers, or large payload is required. Proxies such as NGINX and HAProxy legitimately forward trailer-bearing requests, so servers behind such proxies may be affected without any malicious client involvement. This issue affects bandit: from 1.6.1 before 1.11.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mtrudel | bandit | 1.6.1 to before 1.11.1 | 1.11.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | bandit (Hex) | 1.6.0 to before 1.11.1 | 1.11.1 | Patch available | GHSA-rf5q-vwxw-gmrf |
- bandit Vendormtrudel Affected 1.6.1 to before 1.11.1 Fixed in 1.11.1 Patch available CNA
- bandit (Hex) Vendor— Affected 1.6.0 to before 1.11.1 Fixed in 1.11.1 Patch available GHSA-rf5q-vwxw-gmrf
Remediation
- Fix · CNA bandit (mtrudel) Fixed in 1.11.1
- Fix · GHSA-rf5q-vwxw-gmrf bandit (Hex) Fixed in 1.11.1 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
mtrudel bandit 1.11.1, ae3520dfdbfab115c638f8c7f6f6b805db34e1ab
2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-28686 HTTP/1 chunked body reader ignores length cap in banditPriority HIGH 77
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-39806
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rf5q-vwxw-gmrf
References
Advisory 3
More mtrudel Bandit vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-28686 HTTP/1 chunked body reader ignores length cap in bandit CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-39806 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-39806 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rf5q-vwxw-gmrf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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