CVE-2026-54283

Starlette: request.form() limits silently ignored for application/x-www-form-urlencoded enable DoS

Published Jun 22, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. From 0.4.1 until 1.3.1, request.form() accepts max_fields and max_part_size to bound resource consumption while parsing form data. These limits are enforced for multipart/form-data, but silently ignored for application/x-www-form-urlencoded. An unauthenticated attacker can therefore send a urlencoded body with an arbitrarily large number of fields or an arbitrarily large field, even when the application configured limits it believed would apply. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4711-1 starlette security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6478-1 starlette security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-82w8-qh3p-5jfq Starlette: request.form() limits silently ignored for application/x-www-form-urlencoded enable DoS
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kludex
Kludex starlette
Vendors & Products Kludex
Kludex starlette
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Description Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. From 0.4.1 until 1.3.1, request.form() accepts max_fields and max_part_size to bound resource consumption while parsing form data. These limits are enforced for multipart/form-data, but silently ignored for application/x-www-form-urlencoded. An unauthenticated attacker can therefore send a urlencoded body with an arbitrarily large number of fields or an arbitrarily large field, even when the application configured limits it believed would apply. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.3.1.
Title Starlette: request.form() limits silently ignored for application/x-www-form-urlencoded enable DoS
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 23, 2026, 4:10 PM
Reserved
Jun 12, 2026, 5:46 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 22, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 11:10 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jun 22, 2026, 4:46 PM