CVE-2026-49017

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.
References
Link Resource
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2152205 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/swift/+/987957 Issue Tracking Patch
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/swift/+/988093 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/02/6 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Sep 2026, 17:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5
First Time Openstack swift
Openstack
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2152205 - () https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2152205 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/swift/+/987957 - () https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/swift/+/987957 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/swift/+/988093 - () https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/swift/+/988093 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/9 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/9 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/02/6 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/02/6 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2026-05-27 02:16

Updated : 2026-09-24 17:25


NVD link : CVE-2026-49017

Mitre link : CVE-2026-49017

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-49017


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Products Affected

openstack

  • swift
CWE
CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')