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CVE-2026-84997

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.66% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-09-16 · Last synced 2026-10-13

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The vulnerability affects the React\Http\Io\ChunkedDecoder in versions 0.6.0 to 1.11.1, allowing it to enter an infinite loop when processing malformed chunked transfer-encoding bodies. This can lead to denial-of-service conditions, freezing either the server or client, depending on the context of the attack. Organizations using affected versions of ReactPHP should prioritize updating to version 1.11.1 to mitigate this high-severity risk.

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CVE
CVE-2026-84997
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
0.66%

Original NVD Description

react/http is an event-driven, streaming HTTP client and server implementation for ReactPHP. From 0.6.0 until 1.11.1, React\Http\Io\ChunkedDecoder could enter an infinite loop while processing a malformed Transfer-Encoding: chunked body because handleData required its buffer to shrink on every iteration. An incomplete terminal-chunk trailer without CRLF left the buffer unchanged after strpos returned false, and exactly two non-CRLF bytes after a completed non-terminal chunk bypassed both the error and wait guards. The affected decoder processes request bodies for React\Http\HttpServer and response bodies for React\Http\Browser, allowing a malicious client to freeze a server or a malicious or compromised server to freeze a client. A reverse proxy that normalizes inbound requests may protect the server direction but does not protect outbound Browser requests. This issue is fixed in version 1.11.1.