[UPDATE] [medium] nghttp2: Vulnerability allows denial of service
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in nghttp2 to carry out a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to carry out a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of nghttp2 are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for denial-of-service attacks.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of nghttp2.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0775
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.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-271350.78% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 51% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-27135 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for nghttp2
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] nghttp2: Vulnerability allows data manipulationcert-bund · 2026-07-03
- mediumCVE-2026-58055: nghttp2's nghttpx proxy through 1.69.0 forwards an HTTP/1.1 Upgrade request that also carries …nvd · 2026-06-28
- mediumCVE-2026-58055: nghttp2 nghttpx - HTTP Request/Response Smuggling via Upgrade Request with Content-Lengthmsrc · 2026-06-09
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