CVE-2026-7790
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
8.7
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
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | — |
| sid | Affected | — |
| forky | Affected | — |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Windows Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ninenines | cowlib | {"startIncluding":"0.6.0","endExcluding":"2.16.1"} | 2.16.1 |
References
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-7790.html
- https://github.com/ninenines/cowlib/commit/a4b8039ce8c93ab00867ef6b7e888822c09f4369
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-7790
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-7790
- https://hex.pm/packages/cowlib
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7790
- https://github.com/ninenines/cowlib
- https://github.com/ninenines/cowlib/releases/tag/2.16.1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-32p9-57cr-4x65
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-7790
CWEs
CWE-400
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.