Medium severity · published Jun 28, 2026
CVE-2026-58055
nghttp2 nghttpx - HTTP Request/Response Smuggling via Upgrade Request with Content-Length
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
nghttp2's nghttpx proxy through 1.69.0 forwards an HTTP/1.1 Upgrade request that also carries a Content-Length header and body onto reusable keep-alive backend connections, re-adding the Upgrade and Connection headers while passing Content-Length verbatim. A backend that resolves the resulting ambiguous message in the attacker's favor enables HTTP request/response smuggling and cross-client response-queue poisoning.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NG
nghttp2 · nghttp2
through 1.69.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58055
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58055
Broken Link
https://github.com/bikini/exploitarium/tree/main/nghttp2-nghttpx-upgrade-queue-poison-poc
Patch
https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/commit/ab28105c4a0197da24f8bfc414bc116055249e1e
Patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nghttp2-nghttpx-http-request-response-smuggling-via-upgrade-request-with-content-length
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