CVE-2026-5440
Essential information
- Published
- 09/04/2026 15:16
- Modified
- 09/04/2026 15:16
- Author
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- Creator
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- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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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.
NVD status
- Status
- Received — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| * / http server | cpe:2.3:a:*:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |