CVE-2026-55368
h2o: buffer overflow when using the %{error}x log directive
h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8, H2O's access-log formatter could write past its log-line buffer when an affected custom access-log format was configured. The allocation errors affected %{error}x, %q when the query string was empty, and numeric elements whose temporary terminating NUL reached the end of the buffer. A matching request could crash the server, while the effect of the one-byte NUL overwrite beyond a crash was not established. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.1
h2o: buffer overflow when using the %{error}x log directive
h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8, H2O's access-log formatter could write past its log-line buffer when an affected custom access-log format was configured. The allocation errors affected %{error}x, %q when the query string was empty, and numeric elements whose temporary terminating NUL reached the end of the buffer. A matching request could crash the server, while the effect of the one-byte NUL overwrite beyond a crash was not established. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8.
- Record
CVE-2026-55368- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-04
EUVDEUVD-2026-117178
8.1
h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8, H2O's access-log formatter could write past its log-line buffer when an affected custom access-log format was configured. The allocation errors affected %{error}x, %q when the query string was empty, and numeric elements whose temporary terminating NUL reached the end of the buffer. A matching request could crash the server, while the effect of the one-byte NUL overwrite beyond a crash was not established. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8.
- Record
EUVD-2026-117178- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-04
NVD
8.1
h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8, H2O's access-log formatter could write past its log-line buffer when an affected custom access-log format was configured. The allocation errors affected %{error}x, %q when the query string was empty, and numeric elements whose temporary terminating NUL reached the end of the buffer. A matching request could crash the server, while the effect of the one-byte NUL overwrite beyond a crash was not established. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8.
- Record
CVE-2026-55368- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-04
OSV
8.1
h2o: buffer overflow when using the %{error}x log directive
h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8, H2O's access-log formatter could write past its log-line buffer when an affected custom access-log format was configured. The allocation errors affected %{error}x, %q when the query string was empty, and numeric elements whose temporary terminating NUL reached the end of the buffer. A matching request could crash the server, while the effect of the one-byte NUL overwrite beyond a crash was not established. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8.
- Record
CVE-2026-55368- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-55368
8.1
h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8, H2O's access-log formatter could write past its log-line buffer when an affected custom access-log format was configured. The allocation errors affected %{error}x, %q when the query string was empty, and numeric elements whose temporary terminating NUL reached the end of the buffer. A matching request could crash the server, while the effect of the one-byte NUL overwrite beyond a crash was not established. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55368- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-05
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-55368
8.1
h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. Prior to commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8, H2O's access-log formatter could write past its log-line buffer when an affected custom access-log format was configured. The allocation errors affected %{error}x, %q when the query string was empty, and numeric elements whose temporary terminating NUL reached the end of the buffer. A matching request could crash the server, while the effect of the one-byte NUL overwrite beyond a crash was not established. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55368- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-06
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
h2oDebian: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 |
h2oUbuntu: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 |
h2oUbuntu: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 |
h2oUbuntu: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 |
h2oUbuntu: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 |
dnsdistUbuntu: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 Show 4 moreShow less1.8.3-21.8.3-2build11.8.3-2build21.8.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| aliases, published | EUVD, NVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-55368 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in H2o, published November 4, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/h2o/h2o/security/advisories/GHSA-m998-r5ww-rqjf
github.com/h2o/h2o/pull/3757
github.com/h2o/h2o/commit/48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/55xxx/CVE-2026-55368.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55368
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-55368
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-55368
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55368