Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-115482
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity resource allocation without limits in lsquic from litespeedtech. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In lsquic before 4.9.0, the HTTP/3 implementation can use an excessive amount of memory because the number of buffered header sets is not limited, as demonstrated by a QPACK amplification attack. This is related to header_out_dynamic_entry and es_max_header_list_size.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| litespeedtech | lsquic | 0 – before 4.9.0 |
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H