Vulnerability in Nghttp2 (CVE-2024-28182)
Summary
Vulnerability in Nghttp2 (CVE-2024-28182). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
nghttp2 is an implementation of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 in C. The nghttp2 library prior to version 1.61.0 keeps reading the unbounded number of HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames even after a stream is reset to keep HPACK context in sync. This causes excessive CPU usage to decode HPACK stream. nghttp2 v1.61.0 mitigates this vulnerability by limiting the number of CONTINUATION frames it accepts per stream. There is no workaround for this vulnerability.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-28182 has been found in Nghttp2.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Nghttp2 CVE-2024-28182" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-28182 (Nghttp2) — CWE-770 / CVSS v3 5.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-770) exists in Nghttp2.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Nghttp2.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Nghttp2' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Nghttp2' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Nghttp2を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28182 nghttp2 Fixed in: 1.43.0-1+deb11u2
References
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- mailing lists.debian.org
- mailing lists.debian.org
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- web kb.cert.org
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com