Resource exhaustion in Apache Traffic Server - CVE-2026-65324

 

Resource exhaustion in Apache Traffic Server - CVE-2026-65324

Published: August 24, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU144899
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-65324
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management in HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 response dechunking when dechunking responses for a slow client. A remote attacker can trigger unbounded buffering to cause a denial of service.

Only dechunked HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 responses are affected.


Affected software

Apache Traffic Server
Fedora
trafficserver

How to mitigate CVE-2026-65324

Install security update from vendor's website.

Apache Traffic Server - addressed in versions 9.2.15, 10.1.4
trafficserver - addressed in versions 9.2.15-1.el8, 9.2.15-1.el9, 10.1.4-1.fc43, 10.1.4-1.fc44

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