VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-68981

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.74%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-03
Last modified2026-10-23
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Apache NiFi 1.5.0 through 2.10.0 support gzip-encoded HTTP requests for the application REST API using a Jersey encoding filter. The framework enforced a configurable maximum request size on the compressed payload rather than the decompressed output, allowing a malicious client to send crafted requests that could consume excessive amounts of memory. Upgrading to Apache NiFi 2.11.0 is the recommended mitigation, which relocates response compression to Jetty Server and disables decompression of gzip-encoded HTTP requests.

Weakness classification

  • security@apache.org: CWE-409

Primary references