swift: In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular expression vulnerable to...
CVE-2026-71190 is fixed in swift on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71190, released August 5, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, the proxy server Accept header parser contains a regular expression vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS). The "qdtext" pattern (?:[^"]|\\.)* allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a crafted Accept header that causes exponential CPU consumption in the proxy worker. A payload of 32 backslash-character pairs exceeds 30 seconds of CPU time. No authentication is required. Repeated requests can exhaust all proxy worker threads, resulting in a complete denial of service.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| swift · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 2.30.1-0+deb12u2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71190 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| swift · Debian 14 | 2.37.1-6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-71190 | Aug 5, 2026 |
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