Apache Traffic Server can be used to exhaust an HTTP/1.1 origin's worker pool via a malformed padded HTTP/2 DATA frame. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.11, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.15, from 10.0.0 through 10.1.4, 10.2.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.16, 10.1.5, or 10.2.1, which fix the issue.
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Description Apache Traffic Server can be used to exhaust an HTTP/1.1 origin's worker pool via a malformed padded HTTP/2 DATA frame. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.11, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.15, from 10.0.0 through 10.1.4, 10.2.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.16, 10.1.5, or 10.2.1, which fix the issue.
Title Apache Traffic Server: HTTP/2 DATA frame padding underflow lets a client trigger backend worker-pool exhaustion
Weaknesses CWE-191
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2026-10-21T19:11:59.516Z

Updated: 2026-10-23T21:22:09.150Z

Reserved: 2026-10-16T20:19:38.638Z

Link: CVE-2026-111808

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T20:52:19.141Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-21T20:17:22.427

Modified: 2026-10-23T22:16:55.653

Link: CVE-2026-111808

cve-icon Redhat

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