CVE-2026-54428Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the HTTP/2 HPACK decoder in Apache HttpComponents Core (5.4.2 and earlier, 5.5-beta1 and earlier) allows an remote attacker to cause a denial o…
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Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the HTTP/2 HPACK decoder in Apache HttpComponents Core (5.4.2 and earlier, 5.5-beta1 and earlier) allows an remote attacker to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion by sending oversized compressed header blocks before the HTTP/2 SETTINGS acknowledgement causes the configured header list size limit to be applied.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
apache httpcomponents_core apache:httpcomponents_core | from 5.0 through 5.4.2; 5.5; 5.5 | NVD |
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/5zjp8vczvxq19pw2rvhs21q446bhl0sdmitigation, vendor-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/01/3mitigation, third-party-advisory
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