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CVE-2026-44452

h2o is vulnerable to heap overrun

5.9 Medium

h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 8dc37cb, when h2o receives a ClientHello message over TLS or QUIC and it contains a zero-length SNI extension, the h2o server runs over the zero-length hostname while trying to copy the hostname, assuming that it is NULL-terminated. This is a potential denial-of-service attack vector in sense that it might trigger segmentation violation. This issue has been fixed by commit 8dc37cb.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.41%Up 0.4 points since Jun 12, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.9

h2o is vulnerable to heap overrun

h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 8dc37cb, when h2o receives a ClientHello message over TLS or QUIC and it contains a zero-length SNI extension, the h2o server runs over the zero-length hostname while trying to copy the hostname, assuming that it is NULL-terminated. This is a potential denial-of-service attack vector in sense that it might trigger segmentation violation. This issue has been fixed by commit 8dc37cb.

Record
CVE-2026-44452
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125, CWE-170
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-45073 5.9

h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 8dc37cb, when h2o receives a ClientHello message over TLS or QUIC and it contains a zero-length SNI extension, the h2o server runs over the zero-length hostname while trying to copy the hostname, assuming that it is NULL-terminated. This is a potential denial-of-service attack vector in sense that it might trigger segmentation violation. This issue has been fixed by commit 8dc37cb.

Record
EUVD-2026-45073
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.9

h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 8dc37cb, when h2o receives a ClientHello message over TLS or QUIC and it contains a zero-length SNI extension, the h2o server runs over the zero-length hostname while trying to copy the hostname, assuming that it is NULL-terminated. This is a potential denial-of-service attack vector in sense that it might trigger segmentation violation. This issue has been fixed by commit 8dc37cb.

Record
CVE-2026-44452
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125, CWE-170
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.9

h2o is vulnerable to heap overrun

h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 8dc37cb, when h2o receives a ClientHello message over TLS or QUIC and it contains a zero-length SNI extension, the h2o server runs over the zero-length hostname while trying to copy the hostname, assuming that it is NULL-terminated. This is a potential denial-of-service attack vector in sense that it might trigger segmentation violation. This issue has been fixed by commit 8dc37cb.

Record
CVE-2026-44452
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125, CWE-170
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-44452 5.9

h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 8dc37cb, when h2o receives a ClientHello message over TLS or QUIC and it contains a zero-length SNI extension, the h2o server runs over the zero-length hostname while trying to copy the hostname, assuming that it is NULL-terminated. This is a potential denial-of-service attack vector in sense that it might trigger segmentation violation. This issue has been fixed by commit 8dc37cb.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44452
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44452 5.9

h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 8dc37cb, when h2o receives a ClientHello message over TLS or QUIC and it contains a zero-length SNI extension, the h2o server runs over the zero-length hostname while trying to copy the hostname, assuming that it is NULL-terminated. This is a potential denial-of-service attack vector in sense that it might trigger segmentation violation. This issue has been fixed by commit 8dc37cb.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44452
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
h2o
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
2.2.5+dfsg2-102.2.5+dfsg2-112.2.5+dfsg2-72.2.5+dfsg2-82.2.5+dfsg2-8.12.2.5+dfsg2-8.1~exp12.2.5+dfsg2-9
None known
h2o
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.2.3+dfsg-22.2.4+dfsg-12.2.4+dfsg-1build12.2.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
None known
h2o
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.2.5+dfsg2-32.2.5+dfsg2-3build12.2.5+dfsg2-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
h2o
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.2.5+dfsg2-62.2.5+dfsg2-6.12.2.5+dfsg2-6.1ubuntu12.2.5+dfsg2-6.1ubuntu22.2.5+dfsg2-6.1ubuntu2+esm1
None known
h2o
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
2.2.5+dfsg2-72.2.5+dfsg2-82.2.5+dfsg2-8.1ubuntu12.2.5+dfsg2-8.1ubuntu22.2.5+dfsg2-8.1ubuntu3
None known
dnsdist
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.8.0-11.8.2-11.8.2-21.8.2-31.8.3-1
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1.8.3-21.8.3-2build11.8.3-2build21.8.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-44452 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in H2o, published July 16, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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