High severity · published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-88975
Http4s: Ember HTTP/2 buffers a frame's declared payload before checking SETTINGS_MAX_FRAME_SIZE
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.37 and 1.0.0-M48, Ember’s HTTP/2 read loop parses a frame’s 24-bit declared length but waits to buffer the entire payload before comparing it with SETTINGS_MAX_FRAME_SIZE. An unauthenticated peer can declare a payload near 16 MiB on a connection where Ember advertised 16 KiB and either complete or slowly stream it, causing up to 1024-fold memory amplification per connection before processFrame can reject the frame. The shared H2Connection.readLoop affects withHttp2 servers and clients, while HTTP/2-disabled configurations are unaffected, and the patch rejects oversized frames before buffering their payloads. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.37 and 1.0.0-M48.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HT
http4s · http4s
< 0.23.37; >= 1.0.0-M1, < 1.0.0-M48 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88975
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88975
github.com
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/87cf334fa3f608ef7d3eb359e71e037ba3336d29
github.com
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.37
github.com
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M48
github.com
https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-gq9p-f254-h286
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