Double Free Affecting awslabs/aws-c-http package, versions [0.4.22,0.11.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-AWSLABSAWSCHTTP-17660868
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed12 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-12043  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade awslabs/aws-c-http to version 0.11.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free via improper handling of HPACK dynamic table size updates. An attacker can trigger memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted sequence of HTTP/2 HEADERS frames from a malicious server.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1