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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-74835 EUVD-2026-69238

inets,httpd: Memory Exhaustion via Unenforced max_body_size During Chunked Body Reception

Published Sep 1, 2026 · Updated Nov 11, 2026 · Assigned by EEF

Description

The inets application HTTP server httpd fails to enforce a configured body-size limit on chunked request.

This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 before OTP 27.3.4.17, OTP 28.5.0.6, and OTP 29.0.6, corresponding to inets from 5.10 before 9.3.2.7, 9.6.2.3, and 9.7.2. Whether OTP before OTP 17.0, corresponding to inets before 5.10, is affected is unknown.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Erlang OTP 17.0, 5.10 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 erlang 1:29.0.6+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 erlang 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u4 —
Debian 12 erlang No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS erlang 1:27.3.4.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 USN-8827-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS erlang 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7 USN-8827-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS erlang 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.7 USN-8827-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS erlang 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5+esm2 USN-8827-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS erlang 1:20.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm3 USN-8827-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS erlang 1:18.3-dfsg-1ubuntu3.1+esm3 USN-8827-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS erlang 1:16.b.3-dfsg-1ubuntu2.2+esm2 USN-8827-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 erlang27 +38 27.3.4.17-0.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:62531

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 erlang 26.2.5.21-6 —

Advisories 3

References