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High Memory corruption

CVE-2026-111808 — Apache Traffic Server: HTTP/2 DATA frame padding underflow lets a client trigger backend worker-pool exhaustion

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.

Published Oct 21, 2026 · Updated Oct 23, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP, GitHub Security Advisories · CNA: apache

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.
How the score was calculated
  • EPSS 0.4% (30-day exploitation probability)+5
  • Technical severity (high)+6
  • Automatable exploitation (SSVC)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation
Not confirmed
Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.
EPSS FIRST
0.41%
ahead of 35% of scored CVEs · Oct 27, 2026
Affects
Apache Software Foundation
Traffic Server
CVSS base
8.6
High · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
Yes
can an attacker script the kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

  1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Apache Software Foundation Traffic Server).
  2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
  3. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
  4. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
Apache Software Foundation Traffic Server ≥ 8.0.0 and ≤ 8.1.11≥ 9.0.0 and ≤ 9.2.15≥ 10.0.0 and ≤ 10.1.4version 10.2.0 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
7.7 CVSS 4.0 High — — security@apache.org via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.7 CVSS 4.0 High — — apache via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
8.6 CVSS 3.1 High 3.9 4.0 security@apache.org via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.6 CVSS 3.1 High — — GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories
8.6 CVSS 3.1 High — — apache via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H (score shown at the top: security@apache.org)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-191 · Integer Underflow

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 22, 2026 → Oct 27, 2026 · 6 reading(s) · max 0.41%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

  • Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
  • Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.
web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSendpoint telemetry (EDR)crash dumps

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • SSVC assessment updated
    Oct 23, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Source status changed · Received → Awaiting Analysis
    Oct 22, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Affected products added · apache software foundation/apache traffic server
    Oct 21, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record published
    Oct 21, 2026
  • CVSS changed · 8.6
    Oct 21, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Source status changed · → Received
    Oct 21, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 21, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
  • CVE published
    Oct 21, 2026 · apache

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

  • 2× References added · Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026
  • 1× Official description updated · Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026

References

3 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

Apache Software Foundation
every CVE for this vendor
Memory corruption
same class
CWE-191
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

  • CVE-2026-112381 Apache Traffic Server: Nullptr dereference in net_write_io on a POST half-close with chunked response 6d
  • CVE-2026-111812 Apache Traffic Server: origin_server_auth signs client-controlled AWS headers under the proxy's IAM credentials 6d
  • CVE-2026-111814 Apache Traffic Server: Default server_session_sharing.match omits MASK_CERT, allowing pooled mTLS identity confusion at the origin 6d
  • CVE-2026-111817 Apache Traffic Server: Dropping chunked trailers stalls a passthrough transfer until timeout 6d
  • CVE-2026-111815 Apache Traffic Server: TLS session ticket resumption bypasses per-SNI verify_client STRICT enforcement 6d
  • CVE-2026-111809 Apache Traffic Server: HEAD requests carrying Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding enable request smuggling 6d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-111808 is "Apache Traffic Server: HTTP/2 DATA frame padding underflow lets a client trigger backend worker-pool exhaustion", rated High. It affects Traffic Server (Apache Software Foundation); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 8.6 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.41% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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