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.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v3jc-474w-2wm6 Apache HttpComponents Core: HPackDecoder Unlimited Header List Size Before SETTINGS ACK
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Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apache
Apache httpcomponents Core
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache httpcomponents Core

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title Apache HttpComponents Core: HPackDecoder Unlimited Header List Size Before SETTINGS ACK
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-770
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-01T18:15:56.634Z

Reserved: 2026-06-14T09:39:30.814Z

Link: CVE-2026-54428

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-01T17:36:48.420Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-01T18:16:34.507

Modified: 2026-07-24T20:03:41.313

Link: CVE-2026-54428

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-01T17:03:53Z

Links: CVE-2026-54428 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-01T23:00:05Z

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