# CVE-2026-49975: Apache HTTP Server: mod\_http2 denial of service

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 14 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-06-08 · Updated: 2026-08-19

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.17, through 2.4.67

## Description

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's mod_http leads to denial of service via malicious HTTP requests. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.17 through 2.4.67.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Apache HTTP Server](https://cve.now/tech/apache-httpd.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- https://github.com/0xc03307b/CVE-2026-49975
- https://github.com/EQSTLab/CVE-2026-49975
- https://github.com/LSG-PolarBear/CVE-2026-49975
- https://github.com/LiaoZiqi-GZFLS/CVE-2026-49975
- https://github.com/Manisso/http2-bomb
- https://github.com/fevar54/Proof-of-Concept-POC---CVE-2026-49975-HTTP-2-Bomb-
- https://github.com/minc-nice-100/http2-bomb-analysis-paper
- https://github.com/mrx-arafat/CVE-2026-49975-POC
- https://github.com/naheeju/POC-CVE-2026-49975
- https://github.com/obrige/http2-bomb
- https://github.com/razureink/cve-2026-49975-http2bomb_reproduction
- https://github.com/renzi25031469/CVE-2026-49975-HTTP-2-Bomb
- https://github.com/wlor0623/http2-bomb-detector
- https://github.com/yym8538/CVE-2026-49975

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