CVE-2026-56848

critical

Description

A flaw in Node.js HTTP/2 handling allows nghttp2_session_mem_send() to be called re-entrantly while nghttp2_session_mem_recv() is executing, resulting in a heap-use-after-free. Impact: Thank you, to hahahkim for reporting this vulnerability and thank you mcollina for fixing it.

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical