CVE-2023-44487: HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
HTTP/2 contains a rapid reset vulnerability that allows for a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS).
CSIRTS triage
- What
- HTTP/2 contains a rapid reset vulnerability that allows for a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS).
- Who is affected
- Deployments using HTTP/2.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Implement rate limiting and apply updates as they become available.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44487
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2023-44487Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-44487 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- high[UPDATE] [high] http/2 implementations: Vulnerability allows denial of servicecert-bund
- high[UPDATE] [high] Eclipse Jetty: Multiple vulnerabilities allow Denial of Servicecert-bund
- criticalexploitedGitLab Security Release: 16.5.1, 16.4.2, 16.3.6gitlab
- unknownJenkins Security Advisory 2023-10-18jenkins
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