akka http server vulnerabilities

Latest akka http server CVEs

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1. CVE-2023-44487 HTTP/2 Stream Cancellation Attack

   Published 2023-10-10

   High·CVSS 7.5 EPSS 100.0% CISA KEV added 2023-10-10 Exploited in the wild Public exploit PoC

   The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023.

2. CVE-2021-42697 Uncontrolled Recursion in Akka HTTP

   Published 2021-11-02

   High·CVSS 7.5 EPSS 36.1%

   Akka HTTP 10.1.x before 10.1.15 and 10.2.x before 10.2.7 can encounter stack exhaustion while parsing HTTP headers, which allows a remote attacker to conduct a Denial of Service attack by sending a User-Agent header with deeply nested comments.

3. CVE-2017-1000118 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in akka-http-core

   Published 2017-10-04

   High·CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.1%

   Akka HTTP versions <= 10.0.5 Illegal Media Range in Accept Header Causes StackOverflowError Leading to Denial of Service

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