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CVE-2024-28182
Reading unbounded number of HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames to cause excessive CPU usage
Medium5.3EPSS 82.0%
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- GitHub_M
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 82.0% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
References (12)
- https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/security/advisories/GHSA-x6x3-gv8h-m57q (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/commit/00201ecd8f982da3b67d4f6868af72a1b03b14e0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/commit/d71a4668c6bead55805d18810d633fbb98315af9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AGOME6ZXJG7664IPQNVE3DL67E3YP3HY/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J6ZMXUGB66VAXDW5J6QSTHM5ET25FGSA/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PXJO2EASHM2OQQLGVDY5ZSO7UVDVHTDK/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00026.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/03/16 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00041.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421644 (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784301.html (opens in a new tab)
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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