CVE-2026-70469 PUBLISHED

Apache NiFi: Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity for Content-Encoding in HTTP Requests

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 04.08.2026 Published: 16.09.2026 Updated: 16.09.2026

Apache NiFi 2.11.0 disabled support for gzip-encoded HTTP requests for the application REST API and rejected requests that included the standard Content-Encoding header indicating gzip encoding. The framework enforcement filter did not check multiple instances of the Content-Encoding header and did not reject non-standard identifiers for gzip encoding, allowing a malicious client to send crafted requests that could consume excessive amounts of memory. Upgrading to Apache NiFi 2.12.0 is the recommended mitigation, which disables decompression of gzip-encoded HTTP requests regardless of header number or encoding identifiers.

Product Status

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache NiFi
Versions Default: unaffected
  • Version 2.11.0 is affected

Credits

  • mak3bread (Minseong Kim) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) CWE