GHSA-w7hm-hmxv-pvhf
HPACK decoder panics on invalid input
Due to insufficient checking of input data, decoding certain data sequences can lead to Decoder::decode panicking rather than returning an error.
Example code that triggers this vulnerability looks like this:
use hpack::Decoder;
pub fn main() {
let input = &[0x3f];
let mut decoder = Decoder::new();
let _ = decoder.decode(input);
}
hpack is unmaintained. A crate with the panics fixed has been published as hpack-patched.
Also consider using fluke-hpack or httlib-huffman as an alternative.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score used 7.5
HPACK decoder panics on invalid input
Due to insufficient checking of input data, decoding certain data sequences can lead to Decoder::decode panicking rather than returning an error.
Example code that triggers this vulnerability looks like this:
use hpack::Decoder;
pub fn main() {
let input = &[0x3f];
let mut decoder = Decoder::new();
let _ = decoder.decode(input);
}
hpack is unmaintained. A crate with the panics fixed has been published as hpack-patched.
Also consider using fluke-hpack or httlib-huffman as an alternative.
- Record
GHSA-w7hm-hmxv-pvhf- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV 7.5
HPACK decoder panics on invalid input
Due to insufficient checking of input data, decoding certain data sequences can lead to Decoder::decode panicking rather than returning an error.
Example code that triggers this vulnerability looks like this:
use hpack::Decoder;
pub fn main() {
let input = &[0x3f];
let mut decoder = Decoder::new();
let _ = decoder.decode(input);
}
hpack is unmaintained. A crate with the panics fixed has been published as hpack-patched.
Also consider using fluke-hpack or httlib-huffman as an alternative.
- Record
GHSA-w7hm-hmxv-pvhf- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2023-0085No score
HPACK decoder panics on invalid input
Due to insufficient checking of input data, decoding certain data sequences can lead to Decoder::decode panicking rather than returning an error.
Example code that triggers this vulnerability looks like this:
use hpack::Decoder;
pub fn main() {
let input = &[0x3f];
let mut decoder = Decoder::new();
let _ = decoder.decode(input);
}
hpack is unmaintained. A crate with the panics fixed has been published as hpack-patched.
Also consider using loona-hpack or httlib-huffman as an alternative.
Version 0.3.1 of fluke-hpack still reproduces the panic described in this advisory.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2023-0085- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
GHSA-w7hm-hmxv-pvhf is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in hpack, published September 15, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. No source names a fixed version.