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CVE-2026-71190

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular...

8.7 HighFix available

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular expression vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). The "qdtext" pattern (?:[^"]|\.)* allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a crafted Accept header that causes exponential CPU consumption in the proxy worker. A payload of 32 backslash-character pairs exceeds 30 seconds of CPU time. No authentication is required. Repeated requests can exhaust all proxy worker threads, resulting in a complete denial of service.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.84%Up 0.4 points since Aug 5, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.7

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular expression vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). The "qdtext" pattern (?:[^"]|\.)* allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a crafted Accept header that causes exponential CPU consumption in the proxy worker. A payload of 32 backslash-character pairs exceeds 30 seconds of CPU time. No authentication is required. Repeated requests can exhaust all proxy worker threads, resulting in a complete denial of service.

Record
CVE-2026-71190
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-1333
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-53048 8.7

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular expression vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). The "qdtext" pattern (?:[^"]|\.)* allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a crafted Accept header that causes exponential CPU consumption in the proxy worker. A payload of 32 backslash-character pairs exceeds 30 seconds of CPU time. No authentication is required. Repeated requests can exhaust all proxy worker threads, resulting in a complete denial of service.

Record
EUVD-2026-53048
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4jj7-q8c5-78g4 8.7

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular...

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular expression vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). The "qdtext" pattern (?:[^"]|\.)* allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a crafted Accept header that causes exponential CPU consumption in the proxy worker. A payload of 32 backslash-character pairs exceeds 30 seconds of CPU time. No authentication is required. Repeated requests can exhaust all proxy worker threads, resulting in a complete denial of service.

Record
GHSA-4jj7-q8c5-78g4
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness
CWE-1333
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.7

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular expression vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). The "qdtext" pattern (?:[^"]|\.)* allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a crafted Accept header that causes exponential CPU consumption in the proxy worker. A payload of 32 backslash-character pairs exceeds 30 seconds of CPU time. No authentication is required. Repeated requests can exhaust all proxy worker threads, resulting in a complete denial of service.

Record
CVE-2026-71190
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness
CWE-1333
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.7

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular expression vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). The "qdtext" pattern (?:[^"]|\.)* allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a crafted Accept header that causes exponential CPU consumption in the proxy worker. A payload of 32 backslash-character pairs exceeds 30 seconds of CPU time. No authentication is required. Repeated requests can exhaust all proxy worker threads, resulting in a complete denial of service.

Record
CVE-2026-71190
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-1333
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-71190 8.7

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular expression vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). The "qdtext" pattern (?:[^"]|\.)* allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a crafted Accept header that causes exponential CPU consumption in the proxy worker. A payload of 32 backslash-character pairs exceeds 30 seconds of CPU time. No authentication is required. Repeated requests can exhaust all proxy worker threads, resulting in a complete denial of service.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71190
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-71190 8.7

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular expression vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). The "qdtext" pattern (?:[^"]|\.)* allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a crafted Accept header that causes exponential CPU consumption in the proxy worker. A payload of 32 backslash-character pairs exceeds 30 seconds of CPU time. No authentication is required. Repeated requests can exhaust all proxy worker threads, resulting in a complete denial of service.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71190
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
swift
Debian:12
before 2.30.1-0+deb12u2, plus listed versions
2.30.0-42.30.1-0+deb12u1
2.30.1-0+deb12u2
swift
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
2.35.0-42.35.1-0+deb13u12.35.1-0+deb13u22.35.1-0+deb13u32.35.1-0+deb13u4
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2.35.1-12.35.1-22.36.0-12.36.0-22.36.0-32.36.0-42.36.0-52.36.0-62.36.0-72.36.0-82.37.0-12.37.1-12.37.1-22.37.1-32.37.1-42.37.1-52.37.1-62.38.1-12.38.1-22.38.1-32.38.2-12.38.2-22.38.2-3
None known
swift
Debian:14
before 2.37.1-6, plus listed versions
2.35.0-42.35.1-12.35.1-22.36.0-12.36.0-2
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2.36.0-32.36.0-42.36.0-52.36.0-62.36.0-72.36.0-82.37.0-12.37.1-12.37.1-22.37.1-32.37.1-42.37.1-5
2.37.1-6
swift
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.5.0-0ubuntu12.7.0-0ubuntu22.7.0-0ubuntu2.12.7.1-0ubuntu12.7.1-0ubuntu2
None known
swift
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.15.1-0ubuntu32.16.0-0ubuntu12.16.0-0ubuntu22.17.0-0ubuntu12.17.1-0ubuntu1
None known
swift
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.23.0-0ubuntu12.23.1-0ubuntu12.24.0~git2019121715.e890b0f0f-0ubuntu12.24.0-0ubuntu12.24.1~git2020032711.712bf3c9f-0ubuntu2
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2.24.1~git2020041316.a495f1e32-0ubuntu12.25.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.12.25.1-0ubuntu12.25.2-0ubuntu12.25.2-0ubuntu1.1
None known
swift
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.28.0+git2021090911.5d52afbe4-0ubuntu12.28.0+git2021120815.1859f2e16-0ubuntu12.28.0+git2021121320.876377435-0ubuntu12.28.0+git2022011309.32da73f5c-0ubuntu12.29.0+git2022030314.3ff3076ce-0ubuntu1
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2.29.0+git2022030314.3ff3076ce-0ubuntu22.29.1-0ubuntu12.29.2-0ubuntu12.29.2-0ubuntu1.1
None known
swift
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.32.0+git2023090714.8ce961ed-0ubuntu12.32.0+git2024021508.3aba22fd-0ubuntu12.32.0+git2024030809.4135133a-0ubuntu12.33.0-0ubuntu12.33.0-0ubuntu1.1
None known
swift
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
2.37.1-0ubuntu22.38.0+git20260812.91.3064444-0ubuntu12.38.1-0ubuntu12.38.2-0ubuntu1
None known
swift
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.36.0-0ubuntu12.37.0-0ubuntu12.37.1-0ubuntu22.37.1-0ubuntu2.1
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-71190 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in Openstack Swift, published August 5, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.84%, the 57th percentile. Fixed in swift 2.30.1-0+deb12u2.

References

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