Incomplete Filtering of Multiple Instances of Special Elements
CVE-2026-21876
Summary
The OWASP core rule set (CRS) is a set of generic attack detection rules for use with compatible web application firewalls. Prior to versions 4.22.0 and 3.3.8, the current rule 922110 has a bug when processing multipart requests with multiple parts. When the first rule in a chain iterates over a collection (like `MULTIPART_PART_HEADERS`), the capture variables (`TX:0`, `TX:1`) get overwritten with each iteration. Only the last captured value is available to the chained rule, which means malicious charsets in earlier parts can be missed if a later part has a legitimate charset. Versions 4.22.0 and 3.3.8 patch the issue.
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CWE-794 - Incomplete Filtering of Multiple Instances of Special Elements
The software receives data from an upstream component, but does not filter all instances of a special element before sending it to a downstream component.
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Advisory Timeline
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