CVE-2026-72813High· 7.5▾ MidnightPoC available

actix-files before 0.6.10 contains a denial of service vulnerability triggered by an empty Range header in GET requests for static files

actix-files before 0.6.10 contains a denial of service vulnerability triggered by an empty Range header in GET requests for static files. When panic is set to abort, remote attackers can crash the process on-demand by sending a GET reque…

▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild

Depth score53/ 100 · Moderate

impact 41.3 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 12

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Proof of concept

A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.

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Published

Aug 14, 2026

Updated

Sep 24, 2026

CVSS

7.5

Vendor

Red Hat

Product

Red Hat OpenShift Update Service

CWE

CWE-248, CWE-617

Depth score

53 · Moderate

EPSS

0.49% · p42

Platforms

—

Source

NVD

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Scores by source

Vendor 7.5 · CNA 6.9

CISA SSVC

decided 2026-08-14

Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake. The CVSS score shown above comes from the vendor's CSAF advisory record, not NVD.

EPSS history

Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Aug 15.

0.4% → 0.5%▲ 0.10%

Timeline

Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.

7 events · 81 days

Aug 14, 2026Published
Disclosed via NVD
Aug 15, 2026EPSS first tracked
0.4%
Sep 18, 2026CVSS changed
— → 7.5
Sep 18, 2026Severity changed
medium → high
Sep 24, 2026Record revised
Last analysed / modified upstream
Sep 24, 2026EPSS peak
0.4% → 0.5%
Nov 3, 2026Public exploit observed
Exploit / PoC code exists

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Affected

openshift_update_service

Patched in

actix-files 0.6.10

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Overview

Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

Package advisory (CVE-2026-72813)

Affected packages:

actix-files < 0.6.10

Patched in:

actix-files 0.6.10

Source: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gcqf-3g44-vc9p

Vendor advisories

Red Hat VEX · Important · affected: Red Hat OpenShift Update Service · no fix planned: Red Hat OpenShift Update Service · updated 2026-09-18 · vex

References

Change history

Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.

Nov 3, 2026Public exploit / PoC published
Sep 18, 2026CVSS — → 7.5
Sep 18, 2026Severity medium → high

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Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.

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