Bug 2568466 (CVE-2026-124040) - CVE-2026-124040 civetweb: CivetWeb through 1.16 HTTP/2 Use-After-Free via Stale Pseudo-Header State
Summary: CVE-2026-124040 civetweb: CivetWeb through 1.16 HTTP/2 Use-After-Free via Sta...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-124040
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-11-06 19:21 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-09 14:36 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-06 19:21:40 UTC
CivetWeb through 1.16, when built with USE_HTTP2 and enable_http2 on, contains a use-after-free vulnerability in handle_http2() that retains freed :method and :path pointers. Unauthenticated remote attackers can send a later HEADERS frame omitting these pseudo-headers to influence request method or path seen by access rules, or crash the server.

Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2026-11-09 14:36:18 UTC
HTTP2 support is marked upstream as "experimental, not recommended for production", and it not enabled in Fedora / EPEL civetweb (and root bundling civetweb) packges.


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