# HTTP/2 HPACK integer overflow and buffer allocation

Advisory record · `GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r` · `BIT-jenkins-2023-36478` · `CVE-2023-36478`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-190](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html) · [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)
- **Tags:** [Memory corruption](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/memory-corruption.md) · [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 10 Oct 2023, 21:16 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `org.eclipse.jetty.http2:http2-hpack` (Maven): affected `>=10.0.0, <10.0.16 || >=11.0.0, <11.0.16 || >=9.3.0, <9.4.53`; fixed in `10.0.16`, `11.0.16`, `9.4.53`
- `org.eclipse.jetty.http3:http3-qpack` (Maven): affected `>=10.0.0, <10.0.16 || >=11.0.0, <11.0.16`; fixed in `10.0.16`, `11.0.16`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Versions of the org.eclipse.jetty.http2:http2-hpack package from 9.3.0 up to 9.4.53, from 10.0.0 up to 10.0.16, and from 11.0.0 up to 11.0.16 are affected, along with org.eclipse.jetty.http3:http3-qpack from 10.0.0 up to 10.0.16 and from 11.0.0 up to 11.0.16. A remote attacker can send crafted HTTP/2 headers with oversized or negative Huffman-coded lengths, causing a very large buffer allocation and possible out-of-memory denial of service. Upgrade to http2-hpack 9.4.53, 10.0.16 or 11.0.16, and http3-qpack 10.0.16 or 11.0.16. No workaround is listed.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

## 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

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.048, the 92nd percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 10 Oct 2023, 11:41 UTC: [Published by the maintainers as a GitHub repository advisory](https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r)
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:18 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r)
- [OSV: GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r)
- <https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r>
- <https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36478>
- <https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9634>
- <https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project>
- <https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-10.0.16>
- <https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-11.0.16>
- <https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-9.4.53.v20231009>
- <https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00045.html>
- <https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0011>
- <https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006>
- <https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5540>

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-wgh7-54f2-x98r>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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