CVE-2026-109821
Published:October 30, 2026
Updated:November 01, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
elixir (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=1.9.4 <1.19.7 || >=1.19.0 <1.19.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.19.7elixir (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=1.20.0 <1.20.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.20.5https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.5.0 <v1.18.6 || >=v1.0.0-rc1 <v1.18.6 || >=v1.18.1 <v1.18.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.18.6https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.19.0-rc.0 <v1.19.7 || >=v1.19.1 <v1.19.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.19.7https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.20.0-rc.0 <v1.20.5 || >=v1.20.1 <v1.20.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.20.5Related Resources (9)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.50