CVE-2026-124040 PUBLISHED

CivetWeb through 1.16 HTTP/2 Use-After-Free via Stale Pseudo-Header State

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 06.11.2026 Published: 06.11.2026 Updated: 06.11.2026

CivetWeb through 1.16, when built with USE_HTTP2 and enable_http2 on, contains a use-after-free vulnerability in handle_http2() that retains freed :method and :path pointers. Unauthenticated remote attackers can send a later HEADERS frame omitting these pseudo-headers to influence request method or path seen by access rules, or crash the server.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.2

Product Status

Vendor civetweb
Product civetweb
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.16 (incl.)

Credits

  • PuH4ck3rX finder
  • Lee Keon-Hyeong reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Use After Free CWE