CVE-2026-7790

high
Published 2026-05-11 · Modified 2026-05-18
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
7.5

Description

cowlib cow_http_te module: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability allows Excessive Allocation

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-7790

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db — https://github.com/ninenines/cowlib/commit/a4b8039ce8c93ab00867ef6b7e888822c09f4369

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyaffected
debian debiansidaffected
debian debiantrixieaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
Hexcowlib>=0.6.0,<2.16.12.16.1
ERLANGcowlib>= 0.6.0, < 2.16.12.16.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
nineninescowlib{"startIncluding":"0.6.0","endExcluding":"2.16.1"}2.16.1

References

CWEs

CWE-400

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.