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CVE-2026-128242: actix-http · Data Amplification

Affects actix-httpSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High : upgrade to 3.20.1 soon.

Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 09:45 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.08.7
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.17.5
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.20.1, 4.18.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade actix-http to 3.20.1; actix-web to 4.18.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
actixactix-httpAffected
  • <3.20.1
Fixed in
  • 3.20.1
actixactix-webAffected
  • <4.18.2
Fixed in
  • 4.18.2
crates.ioactix-httppkg:cargo/actix-httpOther threatsAffected
  • <3.20.1
Fixed in
  • 3.20.1
crates.ioactix-webpkg:cargo/actix-webOther threatsAffected
  • <4.18.2
Fixed in
  • 4.18.2

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AI-suggested

Upgrade to actix-http version 3.20.1 or later, or actix-web version 4.18.2 or later, where the vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation or temporary workaround is indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

CVE-2026-128242 is an unbounded decompression vulnerability in actix-http and actix-web before versions 3.20.1 and 4.18.2 respectively. It allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by sending small, highly compressed request bodies using gzip, deflate, Brotli, or zstd compression. This leads to excessive memory and CPU consumption during decompression in the encoding::Decoder component.

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