CVE-2026-69218
Http4s Ember HTTP/2: unbounded continuation frame accumulation
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- GitHub_M
Description
Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47, When Ember receives an HTTP/2 HEADERS or PUSH_PROMISE frame without END_HEADERS, H2Connection buffers the header block and subsequent CONTINUATION fragments without a size bound. A remote peer can keep an incomplete block open and exhaust heap memory before request decoding, affecting an ember-server or ember-client configured with withHttp2. The remediation tracks accumulated size against SETTINGS_MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE derived from EmberServerBuilder.maxHeaderSize or EmberClientBuilder.maxResponseHeaderSize, sends GOAWAY when the limit is exceeded, and applies receiveHeadersTimeout to incomplete blocks. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 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)
- 0.63% · top 50% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.12GHSA-cp4q-fqw9-4hf6 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.http4s:http4s-ember-core_2.13GHSA-cp4q-fqw9-4hf6 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.http4s:http4s-ember-core_3GHSA-cp4q-fqw9-4hf6 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-cp4q-fqw9-4hf6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/6e8eccd64a6a74ab4811897881e95e0e1b3a818e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/f9dcca4f5a17992ac0972fafd7920f9bc12cdc51 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.35 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M47 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
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 Advisory GHSA-cp4q-fqw9-4hf6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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