CVE 7.5 HIGH

Protocol::HTTP2 versions through 1.12 for Perl is vulnerable to a HTTP/2 Bomb_CVE-2026-10725

7.5 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Protocol::HTTP2 versions through 1.12 for Perl is vulnerable to a HTTP/2 Bomb.

Protocol::HTTP2's inbound HPACK path has no header-list size limit, so a small HTTP/2 request can expand into large server memory (the "HTTP/2 bomb").

The headers_decode method materialises a full key+value copy per indexed reference with no running size check, and the stream_header_block_add method appends (since version 1.12) every CONTINUATION frame to the per-stream buffer unbounded.

MAX_HEADER_LIST_SIZE (default 65536) is advertised in SETTINGS but never consulted on decode. It is absent from the decoder and from the :limits export tag.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-10725
Source CPANSec
Published Jun 6, 2026 at 09:14
Modified Jun 8, 2026 at 18:12

Affected Product

Vendor CRUX
Product Protocol::HTTP2
Affected Versions CRUX Protocol::HTTP2 0

CWE Classification

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