# CVE-2026-42561: Python-Multipart: Denial of Service via unbounded multipart part headers

- Also known as: GHSA-PP6C-GR5W-3C5G, PYSEC-2026-3039
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.0.27
- Published: 2026-05-13 · Updated: 2026-08-07

## Affected

- Kludex python-multipart: fixed in 0.0.27
- python-multipart (PyPI): fixed in 0.0.27

## Description

Python-Multipart is a streaming multipart parser for Python. Prior to 0.0.27, python-multipart has a denial of service vulnerability in multipart part header parsing. When parsing multipart/form-data, MultipartParser previously had no limit on the number of part headers or the size of an individual part header. An attacker could send a request with either many repeated headers without terminating the header block or a single very large header value, causing excessive CPU work before request rejection or completion. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.27.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Kludex python-multipart, python-multipart, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0.27) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Kludex/python-multipart/security/advisories/GHSA-pp6c-gr5w-3c5g

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