{"id":"CVE-2026-54425","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-54425","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T10:37:17.473Z","title":"Uncontrolled recursion in the HTTP/2 HPACK decoder in Apache bRPC before 1.18.0 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by sending a crafted HTTP/2 header block containing many consecutive Dynamic Table Size Update entries.","description":"Uncontrolled recursion in the HTTP/2 HPACK decoder in Apache bRPC before 1.18.0 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by sending a crafted HTTP/2 header block containing many consecutive Dynamic Table Size Update entries. Each update was decoded by recursively invoking the HPACK decoder, which could exhaust the thread stack before a header field or end of input was reached.\n\nRoot Cause:\nThe bRPC HPACK decoder recursively decoded the next entry after processing a Dynamic Table Size Update. The decoder did not bound the recursion depth, so a long sequence of update entries could consume excessive stack space.\n\nAffected Scenarios:\nUse bRPC with the built-in HTTP/2 implementation to accept HTTP/2 traffic from an untrusted network.\n\nHow to Fix:\n1. Upgrade bRPC to version 1.18.0, which fixes this issue.\n2. Apply this patch:  https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/3343 \n\nNote:\nThe fix changes HPACK Dynamic Table Size Update decoding to use iterative parsing instead of recursive parsing.","published":"2026-10-21T12:17:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T21:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":null,"cwe":["CWE-674"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00257,"percentile":0.17247,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-22","score":0.00257,"percentile":0.16391}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"unknown","text":"Not yet scored. NVD analysis is pending; check back once CVSS and EPSS values are published."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-21T12:17:21.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-21T12:17:21.053Z"},"summary":"New CVE, not yet scored."}],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/2pf15ojj0vr7rtx95677kgtl1mx3gdgb","source":"security@apache.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54425","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}