Advisory severityHigh7.5Red Hat Linux

High [CVE-2026-72813] Denial of Service via empty Range header in GET requests

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-72813 affecting Red Hat OpenShift Update Service.

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CVE-2026-72813 Source published Aug 14, 2026Source updated Aug 14, 2026

VulniPulse record published Aug 28, 2026Record updated Sep 2, 2026

CVE-2026-72813

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat LinuxUnclassified

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Summary

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 request with an empty Range header.

This can lead to the application crashing on demand. This is an Important denial of service vulnerability in `actix-files` that can be triggered remotely without authentication.

This directly impacts the availability of affected Red Hat OpenShift Update Service instances. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-617. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.

Affected versions

< 0.6.10

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Fixed versions

No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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