# Decompression Bomb in cow_spdy:inflate/2 Allows Memory Exhaustion via Crafted SPDY Frame

Advisory record · `GHSA-84f2-rp86-235p`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-84f2-rp86-235p` · `CVE-2026-43970` · `EEF-CVE-2026-43970`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.2 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-409](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/409.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-409](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-409.md)
- **Published:** 13 May 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 13 May 2026, 18:43 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `cowlib` (Hex): affected `>=0.1.0, <2.16.1`; fixed in `2.16.1`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.2 High, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`, from CNA (EEF)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0051, the 43rd percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 15:25 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:25 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-43970)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-84f2-rp86-235p](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-84f2-rp86-235p)
- [OSV: GHSA-84f2-rp86-235p](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-84f2-rp86-235p)
- <https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-43970.html>
- <https://github.com/ninenines/cowlib/commit/16aad3fb9f81f5cda4d1706ff0c54237c619c282>
- <https://hex.pm/packages/cowlib>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-84f2-rp86-235p>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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