CVE-2026-72813

Description

actix-files before 0.6.10 contains a denial of service vulnerability triggered by an empty Range header in GET requests for static files. When panic is set to abort, remote attackers can crash the process on-demand by sending a GET request with an empty Range header.

References

• https://github.com/actix/actix-web/security/advisories/GHSA-gcqf-3g44-vc9p
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/actix-files-before-denial-of-service-via-empty-range-header
• https://github.com/actix/actix-web/security/advisories/GHSA-gcqf-3g44-vc9p