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Github GHSA |
GHSA-g4w2-6h2r-3m3w | http4k: Unbounded gzip decompression in `ServerFilters.GZip` / `RequestFilters.GunZip` allowed memory-exhaustion DoS |
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000
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| Description | http4k is a functional toolkit for Kotlin HTTP applications. Prior to 4.51.0.0, 5.42.0.0, and 6.49.0.0, ServerFilters.GZip, RequestFilters.GunZip, and the underlying Gzip request-body decompression functions impose no limit on decompressed size. An unauthenticated client can send a small gzip-encoded request body that expands to gigabytes, exhausting the JVM heap and denying service to other clients. The fix uses SizeLimitedInputStream to enforce a default 10 MiB limit, causes ServerFilters.GZip and RequestFilters.GunZip to return 413 Request Entity Too Large, and causes other decompression paths to throw SizeLimitExceededException. This issue is fixed in versions 4.51.0.0, 5.42.0.0, and 6.49.0.0. | |
| Title | http4k: Unbounded gzip decompression in `ServerFilters.GZip` / `RequestFilters.GunZip` allowed memory-exhaustion DoS | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-409 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-14T19:03:54.830Z
Reserved: 2026-06-09T20:50:36.877Z
Link: CVE-2026-53659
Updated: 2026-09-14T19:03:51.833Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-14T18:17:51.610
Modified: 2026-09-14T19:17:25.610
Link: CVE-2026-53659
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