In nghttp2 before version 1.41.0, the overly large HTTP/2 SETTINGS frame payload causes denial of service. The proof of concept attack involves a malicious client constructing a SETTINGS frame with a length of 14,400 bytes (2400 individual settings entries) over and over again. The attack causes the CPU to spike at 100%. nghttp2 v1.41.0 fixes this vulnerability. There is a workaround to this vulnerability. Implement nghttp2onframerecvcallback callback, and if received frame is SETTINGS frame and the number of settings entries are large (e.g., > 32), then drop the connection.
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"imported": "2026-03-23T22:20:24.429Z",
"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11080",
"modified": "2024-11-21T04:56:44.657Z",
"id": "CVE-2020-11080",
"published": "2020-06-03T23:15:11.073Z",
"url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2020-11080"
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