CVE-2026-12043

high

Description

Improper handling of HPACK dynamic table size updates in the AWS Common Runtime aws-c-http library might allow a remote threat actor operating a server to cause memory corruption on a connecting client application, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution, via a crafted sequence of HTTP/2 HEADERS frames. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to aws-c-http version 0.11.0.

References

https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-http/security/advisories/GHSA-rmjr-3qpm-vh98

https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-http/releases/tag/v0.11.0

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-043-aws/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-12

Updated: 2026-06-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00043