Apache Traffic Server: Abusive HTTP/2 framing can exhaust resources and crash the server
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.66% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 50.7% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server 9.2.15.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server 9.2.15 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Apache Traffic Server can be crashed or driven to resource exhaustion by abusive HTTP/2 framing and flow-control. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.11, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.14, from 10.0.0 through 10.1.3. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.15 or 10.1.4, which fix the issue.
- Published
- Jul 29, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 50th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-400
Report tools
Action score
34
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 34 / 40 · 8.7 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · apache
- 7.5
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apache | traffic server | cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apache traffic server8.0.0 and later · up to 8.1.9 inclusive
- apache traffic server9.0.0 and later · before 9.2.15
- apache traffic server10.0.0 and later · before 10.1.4
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server
- 8.0.0 and later · up to and including 8.1.11affected · semver
- 9.0.0 and later · up to and including 9.2.14affected · semver
- 10.0.0 and later · up to and including 10.1.3affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | trafficserver | all versions | — |
Same product
apache: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-31309Apache Traffic Server: HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames can be utilized for DoS attack58Plan
- CVE-2023-39456Apache Traffic Server: Malformed http/2 frames can cause an abort48Plan
- CVE-2015-3249The HTTP/2 experimental feature in Apache Traffic Server 5.3.x before 5.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bou41Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-57834Jul 29, 2026 · Apache Traffic Server: Malformed chunked message body allows request smuggling28Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-58150Jul 29, 2026 · Apache Traffic Server: HTTP/2 requests with Transfer-Encoding are not rejected, allowing request smuggling31Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-58152Jul 29, 2026 · Apache Traffic Server: Integer-handling errors in HPACK/XPACK decoding corrupt memory27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server | 9.2.15 · description | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Apache Communityreporter
- Omkhar Arasaratnamreporter
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-581820 days apartApache Traffic Server: ts_lua plugin has initialization and resource-handling errors32Monitor
- CVE-2026-653240 days apartApache Traffic Server: HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 dechunking removes per-stream buffer cap, allowing memory exhaustion32Monitor
- CVE-2026-5917311 days apartApache Traffic Server: DoS vulnerability in HTTP/2 via stalled flow-control conditions30Monitor
- CVE-2025-49763405 days apartApache Traffic Server: Remote DoS via memory exhaustion in ESI Plugin30Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-0679 · Jul 30, 2026(Apache Traffic Server Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Root cause
Code that parses nested structures sets no depth or size limit. A small input can turn into a disproportionate processing load.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-400 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
function expand(node) { return node.children.map(expand);}Fixed
const MAX_DEPTH = 32;function expand(node, depth = 0) { if (depth > MAX_DEPTH) throw new Error("too deep"); return node.children.map((c) => expand(c, depth + 1));}Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.