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CVE-2026-78669 high CVSS 7.5

A malicious HTTP/2 peer can cause excessive CPU consumption in the client or server by opening a large number of…

Summary

Vulnerability reported (CVE-2026-78669). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A malicious HTTP/2 peer can cause excessive CPU consumption in the client or server by opening a large number of streams and then sending many small SETTINGS frames containing SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE values.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-78669 has been found.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "CVE-2026-78669" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-78669 — CWE-405 / CVSS v3 7.5
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.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-405) has been reported.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions.

🔥 Severity

Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで影響コンポーネントを特定する。

  2. 2
    Post-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。

Affected packages

Bitnami golang
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.26.9"},{"introduced":"1.27.0-0"},{"fixed":"1.27.2"}]}]
Go stdlib
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.27.0-0"},{"fixed":"1.27.2"}]}]
Go golang.org/x/net
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.60.0"}]}]

References

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