# CVE-2025-57804: h2 allows HTTP Request Smuggling due to illegal characters in headers

- Also known as: GHSA-847F-9342-265H, PYSEC-2026-1435
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.3.0
- Published: 2025-08-25 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- python-hyper h2: fixed in 4.3.0
- h2 (PyPI): fixed in 4.3.0

## Description

h2 is a pure-Python implementation of a HTTP/2 protocol stack. Prior to version 4.3.0, an HTTP/2 request splitting vulnerability allows attackers to perform request smuggling attacks by injecting CRLF characters into headers. This occurs when servers downgrade HTTP/2 requests to HTTP/1.1 without properly validating header names/values, enabling attackers to manipulate request boundaries and bypass security controls. This issue has been patched in version 4.3.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on python-hyper h2, h2, upgrade to a fixed version (4.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/python-hyper/h2/security/advisories/GHSA-847f-9342-265h
- https://github.com/python-hyper/h2/commit/035e9899f95e3709af098f578bfc3cd302298e3a

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