High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2026· Updated Jul 23, 2026
CVE-2026-44909
CVE-2026-44909
Description
Proxygen lacked a generalized slow-consumer detection mechanism in its core HTTP session layer. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit HTTP/2 flow-control by setting SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE to 0 or withholding WINDOW_UPDATE frames, causing the server to buffer complete response bodies in memory indefinitely for stalled streams. By opening many simultaneous streams requesting large resources while preventing the server from transmitting responses, an attacker could induce unbounded memory growth leading to service degradation, resource exhaustion, or denial of service. Versions v2017.01.16.00 through v2026.07.20.00 are affected.
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References
1News mentions
2- Weekly Cyber Security Newsletter Bulletin – Certighost Exploit, Checkpoint 0-day, HTTP/2 Flaw, Notepad++ Plugin Abuse +20 StoriesCyber Security News · Jul 26, 2026
- New HTTP/2 Vulnerability Lets Hackers Crash Servers With Memory Exhaustion AttacksCyber Security News · Jul 24, 2026