VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-5440

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-09
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A memory exhaustion vulnerability exists in the HTTP server due to unbounded use of the `Content-Length` header. The server allocates memory directly based on the attacker supplied header value without enforcing an upper limit. A crafted HTTP request containing an extremely large `Content-Length` value can trigger excessive memory allocation and server termination, even without sending a request body.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-770

Primary references