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TI-2021-19654 Aliases CVE-2021-43848

Unititialized memory access in h2o

Priority LOW 37CWE-908Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

h2o is an open source http server. In code prior to the `8c0eca3` commit h2o may attempt to access uninitialized memory. When receiving QUIC frames in certain order, HTTP/3 server-side implementation of h2o can be misguided to treat uninitialized memory as HTTP/3 frames that have been received. When h2o is used as a reverse proxy, an attacker can abuse this vulnerability to send internal state of h2o to backend servers controlled by the attacker or third party. Also, if there is an HTTP endpoint that reflects the traffic sent from the client, an attacker can use that reflector to obtain internal state of h2o. This internal state includes traffic of other connections in unencrypted form and TLS session tickets. This vulnerability exists in h2o server with HTTP/3 support, between commit 93af138 and d1f0f65. None of the released versions of h2o are affected by this vulnerability. There are no known workarounds. Users of unreleased versions of h2o using HTTP/3 are advised to upgrade immediately.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02667 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
h2oaih2oCommits prior to 8c0eca3—No fix listedCNA
  • h2o Vendorh2oai Affected Commits prior to 8c0eca3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dena:h2o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2021-12-20VulnerableKazuho Oku
  • cpe:2.3:a:dena:h2o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2021-12-20 Vulnerable ·Kazuho Oku

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-43848

References

  • TI-2025-05944 Deserialization Vulnerability in h2oai/h2o-3 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-05102 Deserialization Vulnerability in h2oai/h2o-3 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-09776 Jdbc Deserialization in h2oai/h2o-3 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-46834 h2oGPT 0.2.1 Path Traversal via OpenAI-compatible Files API CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2024-30727 H2O.ai H2O through 3.46.0.4 allows attackers to arbitrarily set the JDBC URL, leading to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-03424 Remote Code Execution in h2oai/h2o-3 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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