URI.parse/1 converts the port component with String.to_integer/1 in split_authority/1 (lib/elixir/lib/uri.ex) without bounding its length, so a port of up to 1,262,592 decimal digits produces a bignum of that size and a longer one raises SystemLimitError. Rendering the parsed URI back to text (URI.to_string/1, inspect/1, logging, error formatting) converts the bignum with :erlang.integer_to_binary/1, which is quadratic on Erlang/OTP 27, 28 and 29.0: a 400,000-digit port renders in about 2.6 seconds and a 1 MB port in about 18 seconds. Ports above 65535 are also accepted.
This issue affects elixir: from 0.5.0 before 1.18.6, from 1.19.0-rc.0 before 1.19.7, and from 1.20.0-rc.0 before 1.20.5.
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Reject long URLs before parsing them, for example anything above a few kilobytes, and reject a parsed port above 65535 before rendering or using the %URI{}. URI.new/1 is not affected on Erlang/OTP 27.3.4.17, 28.5.0.6, 29.0.6 and later, where :uri_string limits the port to 5 digits.
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability in the Elixir standard library's URI module allows an attacker who supplies a URL to cause a denial of service through CPU exhaustion. URI.parse/1 converts the port component with String.to_integer/1 in split_authority/1 (lib/elixir/lib/uri.ex) without bounding its length, so a port of up to 1,262,592 decimal digits produces a bignum of that size and a longer one raises SystemLimitError. Rendering the parsed URI back to text (URI.to_string/1, inspect/1, logging, error formatting) converts the bignum with :erlang.integer_to_binary/1, which is quadratic on Erlang/OTP 27, 28 and 29.0: a 400,000-digit port renders in about 2.6 seconds and a 1 MB port in about 18 seconds. Ports above 65535 are also accepted. This issue affects elixir: from 0.5.0 before 1.18.6, from 1.19.0-rc.0 before 1.19.7, and from 1.20.0-rc.0 before 1.20.5. | |
| Title | Unbounded port parsing in URI.parse/1 enables CPU exhaustion denial of service in Elixir | |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-1284 CWE-400 |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:elixir-lang:elixir:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Elixir-lang elixir |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: EEF
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-30T09:02:51.828Z
Reserved: 2026-10-23T14:00:01.560Z
Link: CVE-2026-109821
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-30T09:17:12.143
Modified: 2026-10-30T09:17:12.143
Link: CVE-2026-109821
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