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CVE-2026-32689: phoenixframework phoenix · Unthrottled Resource Allocation

Affects phoenixframework phoenixSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High : upgrade to 1.8.6 or 1.7.22 soon.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 22:58 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 40% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.8.6, 1.7.22
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 5 May 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 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade phoenixframework phoenix to 1.8.6 or 1.7.22.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
phoenixframeworkphoenixAffected
  • >=1.8.0 <1.8.6
Fixed in
  • 1.8.6
phoenixframeworkphoenixAffected
  • >=1.7.0 <1.7.22
Fixed in
  • 1.7.22
phoenixframeworkphoenixAffected
  • ≥ 2674c6ea30634667f9b09966b90269393b445953, < 1a67c61ff9ce0a7711662ac7354861917a7c80f7
Fixed in–
Hexphoenixframework/phoenixpkg:hex/phoenixframework/phoenixOther threatsAffected
  • =1.7.0
  • =1.8.0
Fixed in–
Hexphoenixpkg:hex/phoenixOther threatsAffected
  • >=1.7.0 <1.7.22
  • >=1.8.0 <1.8.6
Fixed in
  • 1.7.22
  • 1.8.6

CPE configurations (1)

  • cpe:2.3:a:phoenixframework:phoenix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, consider implementing request size limits or throttling on the long-poll transport endpoint to mitigate excessive resource consumption.

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in phoenixframework phoenix allows a denial of service via the long-poll transport's NDJSON body handling. In 'Elixir.Phoenix.Transports.LongPoll':publish/4, when a POST request is received with Content-Type: application/x-ndjson, the request body is split on newline characters using String.split/2 with no limit on the number of resulting segments. An attacker can send a body consisting entirely of newline bytes, causing a 1:1 amplification into a list of empty binaries — a 1 MB body produces approximately one million list elements, an 8 MB body approximately 8.4 million. Each element is then walked by Enum.map, materializing another list of the same size. This exhausts BEAM memory and schedulers, crashing the node and terminating all active sessions. A session token required to reach the vulnerable endpoint is freely obtainable by any client via an unauthenticated GET request to the same URL with a matching Origin header, making this attack effectively unauthenticated. This issue affects phoenix: from 1.7.0 before 1.7.22 and 1.8.6.

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