Red Hat Security Advisory: nghttp2 security update
libnghttp2 is a library implementing the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 (HTTP/2) protocol in C. Security Fix(es): * nghttp2: CONTINUATION frames DoS (CVE-2024-28182,VU#421644.5) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-28182 is a denial of service vulnerability in the libnghttp2 library related to the handling of CONTINUATION frames in the HTTP/2 protocol implementation. This vulnerability can be triggered to cause a DoS condition. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2024:4252) with updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and associated CodeReady Linux Builder products across multiple architectures (x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, aarch64). The advisory rates the impact as moderate and provides updated package versions to fix the issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by exploiting the handling of CONTINUATION frames in the nghttp2 library. This can disrupt services relying on HTTP/2 implemented via libnghttp2. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time. The impact is limited to service availability degradation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for affected products that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:4252 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates will remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: nghttp2 security update
Description
libnghttp2 is a library implementing the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 (HTTP/2) protocol in C. Security Fix(es): * nghttp2: CONTINUATION frames DoS (CVE-2024-28182,VU#421644.5) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-28182 is a denial of service vulnerability in the libnghttp2 library related to the handling of CONTINUATION frames in the HTTP/2 protocol implementation. This vulnerability can be triggered to cause a DoS condition. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2024:4252) with updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and associated CodeReady Linux Builder products across multiple architectures (x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, aarch64). The advisory rates the impact as moderate and provides updated package versions to fix the issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by exploiting the handling of CONTINUATION frames in the nghttp2 library. This can disrupt services relying on HTTP/2 implemented via libnghttp2. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time. The impact is limited to service availability degradation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for affected products that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:4252 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates will remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:4252
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1f44853345fc1833bab
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:32 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:47:44 UTC
Last updated: 07/03/2026, 09:15:10 UTC
Views: 7
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