High severity · published Oct 26, 2026
CVE-2026-108525
HTTP/2 inbound flow control is not enforced, letting a client queue unbounded DATA in stream processes in Bandit
New
8.7
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in the HTTP/2 implementation of mtrudel bandit allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust server memory via DATA frames sent past the advertised receive window. The attacker requests a response larger than the 65,535-byte initial window and withholds WINDOW_UPDATE, so the stream process blocks while sending and stops reading, then floods small DATA frames on that stream. Every frame is queued in the stream's mailbox until the BEAM node runs out of memory. Bandit.HTTP2.Connection.handle_frame/3 in lib/bandit/http2/connection.ex forwards each DATA frame to the stream process without consulting the receive window, and Bandit.HTTP2.FlowControl.compute_recv_window/2 replenishes the window as data arrives rather than as it is consumed, and never answers a violation with FLOW_CONTROL_ERROR. This issue affects bandit: from 0.3.1 before 1.14.0.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
bandit · mtrudel
0.3.1 before 1.14.0; c8dc1e97050cf359f61ed6cdd110f3cdaf1d6f5f before 220b9dfd27f9a21305be2afc75cbe585ddc24e7a · source: vendor
Affected product
BA
bandit
mtrudel
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