CVE-2026-10725: CRUX Protocol::HTTP2 · Data Amplification
Affects CRUX Protocol::HTTP2Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 1.13 soon.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 35% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.13
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 6 Jun 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Protocol::HTTP2 and Protocol-HTTP2 to 1.13.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| CRUXProtocol::HTTP2 | Affected
| Fixed in
|
GitHubProtocol-HTTP2pkg:github/Protocol-HTTP2Other threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
If you cannot patch yet, consider limiting or filtering HTTP/2 traffic from untrusted sources or applying external protections to mitigate potential memory exhaustion attacks.
Description
Protocol::HTTP2 versions before 1.13 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.
References
- metacpan.org/release/CRUX/Protocol-HTTP2-1.13/changes (opens in a new tab)
- metacpan.org/release/CRUX/Protocol-HTTP2-1.12/source/lib/Protocol/HTTP2/HeaderCompression.pm (opens in a new tab)
- metacpan.org/release/CRUX/Protocol-HTTP2-1.12/source/lib/Protocol/HTTP2/Stream.pm (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/vlet/p5-Protocol-HTTP2/commit/822bf22224adbd662e8d0b865eeacb2b294d16cd.patch (opens in a new tab)
- security.metacpan.org/patches/P/Protocol-HTTP2/1.12/CVE-2026-10725-r2.patch (opens in a new tab)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/06/7 (opens in a new tab)