CVE-2026-54399

Apache HttpComponents Core: Unbounded HTTP Header/Line Length in Default Configuration

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Jul 1, 2026
Updated
Jul 1, 2026
Reserved
Jun 13, 2026

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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

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Apache HttpComponents CoreApache Software Foundation
  • 5.5-alpha through 5.5-beta1Affected
  • 5.0-alpha through 5.4.2Affected

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