Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
grpc-protobuf (io.grpc), grpcio and grpc are affected in versions 1.53.0 before 1.53.1 and 1.54.0 before 1.54.2. A client can send a malformed base64 header with a -bin suffix, causing the gRPC server to drop its connection with an HTTP/2 proxy. Upgrade to 1.53.1 or 1.54.2.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Medium | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | CNA (Google) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0053, the 44th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-9hxf-ppjv-w6rq
- OSV: GHSA-9hxf-ppjv-w6rq
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32732
- github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/32309
- github.com/grpc/grpc/commit/29d8beee0ac2555773b2a2dda5601c74a95d6c10
- github.com/grpc/grpc/commit/65a2a895afaf1d2072447b9baf246374b182a946
- github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.53.1
- github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.54.2
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/grpc/CVE-2023-32732.yml
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/37IDNVY5AWVH7JDMM2SDTL24ZPPZJNSY
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VWE44J5FG7THHL7XVEVTNIGEYBNKJBLL