CVE-2026-21876
January 08, 2026
The OWASP core rule set (CRS) is a set of generic attack detection rules for use with compatible web application firewalls. Prior to versions 4.22.0 and 3.3.8, the current rule 922110 has a bug when processing multipart requests with multiple parts. When the first rule in a chain iterates over a collection (like "MULTIPART_PART_HEADERS"), the capture variables ("TX:0", "TX:1") get overwritten with each iteration. Only the last captured value is available to the chained rule, which means malicious charsets in earlier parts can be missed if a later part has a legitimate charset. Versions 4.22.0 and 3.3.8 patch the issue.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v2.2.5 <v3.3.8Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.3.8https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v4.0.0-rc1 <v4.22.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v4.22.0Related ResourcesĀ (5)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
LOW
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incomplete Filtering of Multiple Instances of Special Elements
EPSS
Base Score:
0.07