# 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 bo

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3080, GHSA-G7JQ-J257-RWW2
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.36.2, 2.37.2, 2.35.3
- Published: 2026-05-27 · Updated: 2026-06-02

## Affected

- OpenStack Swift: from 2.36.0, fixed in 2.36.2; from 2.37.0, fixed in 2.37.2; from 2.35.1, fixed in 2.35.3
- swift (PyPI): from 2.36.0, through 2.36.1; from 2.37.0, through 2.37.1
- swift (PyPI): from 2.36.0, through 2.36.1
- swift (PyPI): from 2.37.0, through 2.37.1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenStack Swift, swift, upgrade to a fixed version (2.36.2, 2.37.2, 2.35.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2152205
- https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/swift/+/987957
- https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/swift/+/988093

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