> CVE-2026-53659 [HIGH]

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PUBLISHED
2026-09-14 18:17
MODIFIED
2026-09-14 18:17
CVSS_SCORE V3
7.5
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.63%
Top 50.9%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-09-14 RED HAT 🔗 2026-09-20 CWE MITRE 🔗 2026-10-01 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-18 GITHUB 🔗 2026-09-21 OSV 🔗 2026-10-26

> DESCRIPTION

http4k is a functional toolkit for Kotlin HTTP applications. Prior to 4.51.0.0, 5.42.0.0, and 6.49.0.0, ServerFilters.GZip, RequestFilters.GunZip, and the underlying Gzip request-body decompression functions impose no limit on decompressed size. An unauthenticated client can send a small gzip-encoded request body that expands to gigabytes, exhausting the JVM heap and denying service to other clients. The fix uses SizeLimitedInputStream to enforce a default 10 MiB limit, causes ServerFilters.GZip and RequestFilters.GunZip to return 413 Request Entity Too Large, and causes other decompression paths to throw SizeLimitExceededException. This issue is fixed in versions 4.51.0.0, 5.42.0.0, and 6.49.0.0.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EXPLOITABILITY
3.9
IMPACT
3.6

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Exploit possible à distance via réseau (HTTP, API, etc.)
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
None (N)
Aucune divulgation d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
None (N)
Aucune modification de données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
None
Aucune divulgation d'informations
Intégrité
None
Aucune modification de données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-409

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) - The product does not handle or incorrectly handles a compressed input with a very high compression ratio that produces a large output.

> RED HAT SEVERITY ASSESSMENT

THREAT SEVERITY
Important

> GITHUB SECURITY ADVISORY

GHSA-g4w2-6h2r-3m3w HIGH

http4k: Unbounded gzip decompression in `ServerFilters.GZip` / `RequestFilters.GunZip` allowed memory-exhaustion DoS

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
MAVEN / org.http4k:http4k-core
>= 6.0.0.0, < 6.49.0.0
Fixed in: 6.49.0.0
MAVEN / org.http4k:http4k-core
<= 4.48.2.0
MAVEN / org.http4k:http4k-core
>= 5.0.0.0, < 5.42.0.0
Fixed in: 5.42.0.0

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

http4k: Unbounded gzip decompression in `ServerFilters.GZip` / `RequestFilters.GunZip` allowed memory-exhaustion DoS

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
209 versions affected
ALIASES:
GHSA-g4w2-6h2r-3m3w

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
14/09/2026 18:17
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/10/2026 06:01
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) - The product does not handle or incorrectly handles a compressed input with a very high compression ratio that produces a lar...
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 20/09/2026 05:02
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 20/09/2026 05:02
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 3 Dernière mise à jour: 3 weeks ago

> REFERENCES

https://github.com/http4k/http4k/commit/2618fe08f9801353012561ae1f1382fa2d37bac9
https://github.com/http4k/http4k/commit/9f9e02f8efbbe04e0c70f1c46eef5d9d9067ea5b
https://github.com/http4k/http4k/releases/tag/6.49.0.0
https://github.com/http4k/http4k/security/advisories/GHSA-g4w2-6h2r-3m3w
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