CVE-2026-56853EPSS p45.1%

CVE-2026-56853CVE-2026-56853

Description

When a server is configured to support unencrypted HTTP/2, it reads a few bytes from each new connection to see if they contain the HTTP/2 client preface. ReadHeaderTimeout is unexpectedly not being applied when doing this.

Scoring

CVSS 7.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS0.57% probability of exploitation · percentile 45.1% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-09-03
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