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CVE-2026-54399
Apache HttpComponents Core: Unbounded HTTP Header/Line Length in Default Configuration
Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the HTTP/1.1 message parser in Apache HttpComponents Core (5.4.2 and earlier, 5.5-beta1 and earlier) allows an remote attacker to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion by sending messages with excessive number of headers / excessive header length

INFO

Published Date :

July 1, 2026, 5:02 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 1, 2026, 5:02 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

apache
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-54399 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

Solution
Update Apache HttpComponents Core to a version that addresses uncontrolled resource consumption.
  • Update Apache HttpComponents Core to a non-vulnerable version.
  • Apply vendor-provided patches.
  • Configure message size limits.

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