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TI-2023-30824 Aliases GHSA-xpw8-rcwv-8f8p

io.netty:netty-codec-http2 vulnerable to HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack

Priority LOW 38CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A client might overload the server by issue frequent RST frames. This can cause a massive amount of load on the remote system and so cause a DDOS attack. ### Impact This is a DDOS attack, any http2 server is affected and so you should update as soon as possible. ### Patches This is patched in version 4.1.100.Final. ### Workarounds A user can limit the amount of RST frames that are accepted per connection over a timeframe manually using either an own `Http2FrameListener` implementation or an `ChannelInboundHandler` implementation (depending which http2 API is used). ### References - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44487 - https://blog.cloudflare.com/technical-breakdown-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack/ - https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-cloud-mitigated-largest-ddos-attack-peaking-above-398-million-rps/

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (Maven): 4.1.100.Final

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (Maven)before 4.1.100.Final4.1.100.FinalPatch availableGHSA-xpw8-rcwv-8f8p
  • io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.100.Final Fixed in 4.1.100.Final Patch available GHSA-xpw8-rcwv-8f8p

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-xpw8-rcwv-8f8p io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (Maven) Fixed in 4.1.100.Final Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-xpw8-rcwv-8f8p

References

Sources

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