Name
CVE-2023-44487
Description
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.
CWEs
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-
Advisories
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-44487Vendor Advisory
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/how-ddosers-used-the-http-2-protocol-to-deliver-attacks-of-unprecedented-size/Press/Media Coverage
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2023-011/Third Party Advisory
https://blog.cloudflare.com/technical-breakdown-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack/Technical Description
https://blog.cloudflare.com/zero-day-rapid-reset-http2-record-breaking-ddos-attack/Third Party Advisory
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2023/10/10/cve-2023-44487-http-2-rapid-reset-attackPress/Media Coverage
https://blog.vespa.ai/cve-2023-44487/Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4988Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242803Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216123Issue Tracking
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-cloud-mitigated-largest-ddos-attack-peaking-above-398-million-rps/Technical Description
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-it-works-the-novel-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attackTechnical Description
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-32-vault-consul-and-boundary-affected-by-http-2-rapid-reset-denial-of-service-vulnerability-cve-2023-44487/59715Third Party Advisory
https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-nio-http2-security-update-cve-2023-44487-http-2-dos/67764Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/Azure/AKS/issues/3947Issue Tracking
https://github.com/Kong/kong/discussions/11741Issue Tracking
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qppj-fm5r-hxr3Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/4323Issue Tracking
https://github.com/alibaba/tengine/issues/1872Issue Tracking
https://github.com/apache/apisix/issues/10320Issue Tracking
https://github.com/apache/httpd-site/pull/10Issue Tracking
https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/10564Issue Tracking
https://github.com/arkrwn/PoC/tree/main/CVE-2023-44487Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/bcdannyboy/CVE-2023-44487Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/issues/5877Issue Tracking
https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/277Issue Tracking
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/issues/10679Issue Tracking
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/30055Issue Tracking
https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/issues/16740Issue Tracking
https://github.com/facebook/proxygen/pull/466Issue Tracking
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/63417Issue Tracking
https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/6703Issue Tracking
https://github.com/h2o/h2o/pull/3291Issue Tracking
https://github.com/haproxy/haproxy/issues/2312Issue Tracking
https://github.com/junkurihara/rust-rpxy/issues/97Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/http2/issues/93Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121120Issue Tracking
https://github.com/line/armeria/pull/5232Issue Tracking
https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner/pull/6381Issue Tracking
https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/pull/1961Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ninenines/cowboy/issues/1615Issue Tracking
https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/50121Issue Tracking
https://github.com/openresty/openresty/issues/930Issue Tracking
https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/pull/5826Issue Tracking
https://github.com/tempesta-tech/tempesta/issues/1986Issue Tracking
https://linkerd.io/2023/10/12/linkerd-cve-2023-44487/Vendor Advisory
https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-devel/2023-October/S36Q5HBXR7CAIMPLLPRSSSYR4PCMWILK.htmlMailing List
https://martinthomson.github.io/h2-stream-limits/draft-thomson-httpbis-h2-stream-limits.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137106Vendor Advisory
https://netty.io/news/2023/10/10/4-1-100-Final.htmlRelease Notes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37830987Issue Tracking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37830998Issue Tracking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37831062Issue Tracking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37837043Issue Tracking
https://openssf.org/blog/2023/10/10/http-2-rapid-reset-vulnerability-highlights-need-for-rapid-response/Third Party Advisory
https://seanmonstar.com/post/730794151136935936/hyper-http2-rapid-reset-unaffectedThird Party Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-http2-reset-d8Kf32vZVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231016-0001/Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0007/Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/Third Party Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-44487Vendor Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-44487Vendor Advisory
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-http-2-rapid-reset-zero-day-attack-breaks-ddos-records/Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/10/10/http2-rapid-reset-vulnerability-cve-2023-44487US Government Resource
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/internet-wide-zero-day-bug-fuels-largest-ever-ddos-eventPress/Media Coverage
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5521Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5522Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5540Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5549Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5558Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5570Third Party Advisory
https://www.haproxy.com/blog/haproxy-is-not-affected-by-the-http-2-rapid-reset-attack-cve-2023-44487Third Party Advisory
https://www.phoronix.com/news/HTTP2-Rapid-Reset-AttackPress/Media Coverage
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/10/http2_rapid_reset_zeroday/Press/Media Coverage
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/13/6Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-44487Vendor Advisory
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/how-ddosers-used-the-http-2-protocol-to-deliver-attacks-of-unprecedented-size/Press/Media Coverage
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2023-011/Third Party Advisory
https://blog.cloudflare.com/technical-breakdown-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack/Technical Description
https://blog.cloudflare.com/zero-day-rapid-reset-http2-record-breaking-ddos-attack/Third Party Advisory
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2023/10/10/cve-2023-44487-http-2-rapid-reset-attackPress/Media Coverage
https://blog.vespa.ai/cve-2023-44487/Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4988Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242803Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216123Issue Tracking
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-cloud-mitigated-largest-ddos-attack-peaking-above-398-million-rps/Technical Description
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-it-works-the-novel-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attackTechnical Description
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-32-vault-consul-and-boundary-affected-by-http-2-rapid-reset-denial-of-service-vulnerability-cve-2023-44487/59715Third Party Advisory
https://forums.swift.org/t/swift-nio-http2-security-update-cve-2023-44487-http-2-dos/67764Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/Azure/AKS/issues/3947Issue Tracking
https://github.com/Kong/kong/discussions/11741Issue Tracking
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qppj-fm5r-hxr3Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/4323Issue Tracking
https://github.com/alibaba/tengine/issues/1872Issue Tracking
https://github.com/apache/apisix/issues/10320Issue Tracking
https://github.com/apache/httpd-site/pull/10Issue Tracking
https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/10564Issue Tracking
https://github.com/arkrwn/PoC/tree/main/CVE-2023-44487Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/bcdannyboy/CVE-2023-44487Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/issues/5877Issue Tracking
https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/277Issue Tracking
https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/issues/10679Issue Tracking
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/30055Issue Tracking
https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/issues/16740Issue Tracking
https://github.com/facebook/proxygen/pull/466Issue Tracking
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/63417Issue Tracking
https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/6703Issue Tracking
https://github.com/h2o/h2o/pull/3291Issue Tracking
https://github.com/haproxy/haproxy/issues/2312Issue Tracking
https://github.com/junkurihara/rust-rpxy/issues/97Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kazu-yamamoto/http2/issues/93Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121120Issue Tracking
https://github.com/line/armeria/pull/5232Issue Tracking
https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner/pull/6381Issue Tracking
https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/pull/1961Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ninenines/cowboy/issues/1615Issue Tracking
https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/50121Issue Tracking
https://github.com/openresty/openresty/issues/930Issue Tracking
https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/pull/5826Issue Tracking
https://github.com/tempesta-tech/tempesta/issues/1986Issue Tracking
https://linkerd.io/2023/10/12/linkerd-cve-2023-44487/Vendor Advisory
https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-devel/2023-October/S36Q5HBXR7CAIMPLLPRSSSYR4PCMWILK.htmlMailing List
https://martinthomson.github.io/h2-stream-limits/draft-thomson-httpbis-h2-stream-limits.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000137106Vendor Advisory
https://netty.io/news/2023/10/10/4-1-100-Final.htmlRelease Notes
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37830987Issue Tracking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37830998Issue Tracking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37831062Issue Tracking
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37837043Issue Tracking
https://openssf.org/blog/2023/10/10/http-2-rapid-reset-vulnerability-highlights-need-for-rapid-response/Third Party Advisory
https://seanmonstar.com/post/730794151136935936/hyper-http2-rapid-reset-unaffectedThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231016-0001/Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240426-0007/Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/Third Party Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2023-44487Vendor Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-44487Vendor Advisory
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-http-2-rapid-reset-zero-day-attack-breaks-ddos-records/Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/10/10/http2-rapid-reset-vulnerability-cve-2023-44487US Government Resource
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/internet-wide-zero-day-bug-fuels-largest-ever-ddos-eventPress/Media Coverage
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5521Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5522Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5540Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5549Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5558Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5570Third Party Advisory
https://www.haproxy.com/blog/haproxy-is-not-affected-by-the-http-2-rapid-reset-attack-cve-2023-44487Third Party Advisory
https://www.phoronix.com/news/HTTP2-Rapid-Reset-AttackPress/Media Coverage
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/10/http2_rapid_reset_zeroday/Press/Media Coverage
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/rapid-reset-cve-2023-44487-dos-in-http2-understanding-the-root-causeThird Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-341067.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784301.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-832273.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-915275.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-44487US Government Resource
Analysis#
Vulnerability Ratings#
7.5
CVSSv31
7.5
CVSSv31
NaN
other
Others affected components#
Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
1.66.1
Not Affected
buildroot
2025.02.x
1.64.0
Not Affected
buildroot
2025.02.x
1.30.2
Not Affected
buildroot
master
1.80.0
Not Affected
buildroot
master
1.68.1
Not Affected
buildroot
master
1.30.2
Not Affected
openwrt
master
1.24.13-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
master
1.26.4-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
master
1.66.0-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
1.24.13-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
1.26.4-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
1.66.0-r1
Not Affected
yocto
master
1.26.4
Not Affected
yocto
master
1.26.4
Not Affected
yocto
master
1.80.0
Not Affected
yocto
master
1.69.0
Not Affected
yocto
master
1.30.2
Not Affected
yocto
master
1.78.0
Not Affected
yocto
master
1.76.0
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
1.22.12
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
1.22.12
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
1.60.1
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
1.61.0
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
1.25.5
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
1.62.2
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
1.62.2
Not Affected
Resolved with patches#
nghttp2 (yocto:kirkstone)
#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
Rework session management
Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa <tatsuhiro.t@gmail.com>
CVE-2023-44487