Apache HttpComponents Core: Unbounded HTTP Header/Line Length in Default Configuration (Apache Software Foundation Apache HttpComponents Core)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.78 % · percentile 56 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- apache
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the HTTP/1.1 message parser 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 messages with excessive number of headers / excessive header length
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-hf6x-8p5f-cgmf — Apache HttpComponents Core HTTP/1 header parsing can cause memory-exhaustion denial of service
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-41094
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-54399
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1349 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle Database Server · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1165 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0986 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpcomponents_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.0 ≤ 5.4.2cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpcomponents_core:5.5:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpcomponents_core:5.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation · Apache HttpComponents Core | affected 5.5-alpha ≤ 5.5-beta1 ; affected 5.0-alpha ≤ 5.4.2 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |