What is CVE-2024-28182?

CVE-2024-28182 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nghttp2, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2024-28182?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-28182 known to be exploited?

10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Nghttp2

CVE-2024-28182

nghttp2 is an implementation of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 in C. The nghttp2 library prior to version 1.61.0 keeps reading the unbounded number of HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames even after a stream is reset to keep HPACK context…

EPSS: 0.850 (99.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Nghttp2 — versions < 1.61.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28182?: CVE-2024-28182 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nghttp2, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2024-28182?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-28182 known to be exploited?: 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.