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CVE-2026-49755: wojtekmach req · Data Amplification

Affects wojtekmach reqSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High : upgrade to 0.6.1 soon.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.2High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 48% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.6.1, 84977e5b1a83f26e749d55ad06e3625464af4e8d
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Jun 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 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade req and wojtekmach/req to 0.6.1; req to 84977e5b1a83f26e749d55ad06e3625464af4e8d.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
wojtekmachreqAffected
  • >=0.1.0 <0.6.1
Fixed in
  • 0.6.1
wojtekmachreqAffected
  • ≥ e37753741cbdc725e6aba3d977b380163bfc0ecb, < 84977e5b1a83f26e749d55ad06e3625464af4e8d
Fixed in
  • 84977e5b1a83f26e749d55ad06e3625464af4e8d
Hexwojtekmach/reqpkg:hex/wojtekmach/reqOther threatsAffected
  • <0.6.1 >=0.1.0
Fixed in
  • 0.6.1
Hexreqpkg:hex/reqOther threatsAffected
  • >=0.1.0 <0.6.1
Fixed in
  • 0.6.1

CPE configurations (1)

  • cpe:2.3:a:wojtekmach:req:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, users should consider disabling automatic decompression steps or validating response sizes before decompression if possible, or avoid using Req versions prior to 0.6.1 with untrusted servers.

Description

CVE-2026-49755 is a high-severity vulnerability in the wojtekmach Req HTTP client library affecting versions from 0.1.0 before 0.6.1. It involves improper handling of highly compressed data, allowing attacker-controlled HTTP servers to cause excessive memory consumption via decompression-bomb response bodies. The default response processing pipeline decompresses archive formats and chains multiple content-encoding decoders without limiting decompressed size, enabling a small response to expand to multiple gigabytes and crash the BEAM process.

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