Resource Exhaustion Affecting toolbox-tests package, versions <0:0.0.99.4-6.el9_3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.56% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-TOOLBOXTESTS-11594845
  • published9 Aug 2025
  • disclosed17 Feb 2023

Introduced: 17 Feb 2023

CVE-2022-41723  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 toolbox-tests to version 0:0.0.99.4-6.el9_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6346.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream toolbox-tests package and not the toolbox-tests package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A maliciously crafted HTTP/2 stream could cause excessive CPU consumption in the HPACK decoder, sufficient to cause a denial of service from a small number of small requests.

CVSS Base Scores

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