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CVE-2019-9518

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a flood of empty frames, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends a stream of frames with an empty payload and without the end-of-stream flag. These frames can be DATA, HEADERS, CONTINUATION and/or PUSH_PROMISE. The peer spends time processing each frame disproportionate to attack bandwidth. This can consume excess CPU.

Severity
High 7.5
Published
13 Aug 2019
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
8.16.1, 10.16.3, 12.8.1
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Node.jsServers and applications · cpe:a:nodejs:node.js
  • From 8.0.0 up to 8.8.1
  • From 8.9.0 before 8.16.1
  • From 10.0.0 up to 10.12.0
  • From 10.13.0 before 10.16.3
  • From 12.0.0 before 12.8.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9518
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9518