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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-28182

This causes excessive CPU usage to decode HPACK stream. nghttp2 v1.61.0 mitigates this vulnerability by limiting the number of CONTINUATION frames it accepts per stream.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 85.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 85.0%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

nghttp2 is an implementation of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 in C. The nghttp2 library prior to version 1.61.0 keeps reading the unbounded number of HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames even after a stream is reset to keep HPACK context in sync. This causes excessive CPU usage to decode HPACK stream. nghttp2 v1.61.0 mitigates this vulnerability by limiting the number of CONTINUATION frames it accepts per stream. There is no workaround for this vulnerability.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
84.96% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-770
Affected
nghttp2/nghttp2 · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
security-advisories@github.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.