Active Storage's proxy controller does not limit the number of byte ranges in an HTTP Range header. A request with thousands of small ranges causes disproportionate CPU usage compared to a normal request for the same file, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability.
The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.
This issue was responsibly reported by Hackerone researcher thwin_htet.
{
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-770"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-25T21:04:50Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-26T22:16:29Z",
"severity": "LOW"
}