High, CVSS 7.5MavenPublished
Apache HttpComponents Core HTTP/1 header parsing can cause memory-exhaustion denial of service
CVE-2026-54399 · GHSA-hf6x-8p5f-cgmf
- Affected
- Maven org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5 < 5.4.3; >= 5.5-alpha1, < 5.5-beta2
- Fixed in
- 5.4.35.5-beta2· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the HTTP/1.1 message parser in Apache HttpComponents Core (5.4.2 and earlier, 5.5-beta1 and earlier) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion by sending messages with excessive number of headers / excessive header length
Recommended action: Upgrade to 5.5-beta2 (pre-release) or 5.4.3 by release line, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.