CVE-2020-11080
Denial of service in nghttp2
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- GitHub_M
Description
In nghttp2 before version 1.41.0, the overly large HTTP/2 SETTINGS frame payload causes denial of service. The proof of concept attack involves a malicious client constructing a SETTINGS frame with a length of 14,400 bytes (2400 individual settings entries) over and over again. The attack causes the CPU to spike at 100%. nghttp2 v1.41.0 fixes this vulnerability. There is a workaround to this vulnerability. Implement nghttp2_on_frame_recv_callback callback, and if received frame is SETTINGS frame and the number of settings entries are large (e.g., > 32), then drop the connection.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.3% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
Affected products
References (14)
- DSA-4696 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0802 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-f7d15c8b77 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/security/advisories/GHSA-q5wr-xfw9-q7xr (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/commit/336a98feb0d56b9ac54e12736b18785c27f75090 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/commit/f8da73bd042f810f34d19f9eae02b46d870af394 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-43d5a372fc (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211017 [SECURITY] [DLA 2786-1] nghttp2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231016 [SECURITY] [DLA 3621-1] nghttp2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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