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CVE-2026-72813 json

actix-files before 0.6.10 Denial of Service via empty Range header

published 9mo ago modified 13d ago also EUVD-2026-58628 , GHSA-gcqf-3g44-vc9p

cvss
6.9
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

actix-files before 0.6.10 contains a denial of service vulnerability triggered by an empty Range header in GET requests for static files. When panic is set to abort, remote attackers can crash the process on-demand by sending a GET request with an empty Range header.

Patch / fix

  • crates.io actix-files 0.6.10
  • actix actix-files 0.6.10
  • gstreamer-devtools SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 1.26.7-160000.2.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23572-1

  • gstreamer-devtools openSUSE Leap 16.0 1.26.7-160000.2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21689-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-72813 updated cvss 7.5

actix-files: actix-files: Denial of Service via empty Range header in GET requests

  • Red Hat OpenShift Update Service openshift-update-service/openshift-update-service-rhel8
    affected: workaround, no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/actix/actix-web/security/advisories/GHSA-gcqf-3g44-vc9p referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io actix-files
<0.6.10
0.6.10

Affected products

  • actix actix-files

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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