Vulnerability in Actix Actix-Web
CVE-2026-72813
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.
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EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Actix Actix-Web — versions 0, 0.6.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/actix/actix-web/security/advisories/GHSA-gcqf-3g44-vc9p (vendor-advisory)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/actix-files-before-denial-of-service-via-empty-ran… (third-party-advisory)