CVE-2026-55368

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Description

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.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

8.1 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-11-04 22:18:06.343000

Last modified

2026-11-04 22:18:06.343000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-55368",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-04T22:18:06.343",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-04T22:18:06.343",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "h2o",
          "product": "h2o",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "< 48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 8.1,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.2,
        "impactScore": 5.9
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Primary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-787"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/h2o/h2o/commit/48b7ae12107fd2b118e4641da49599e9aac8edd8",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/h2o/h2o/pull/3757",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/h2o/h2o/security/advisories/GHSA-m998-r5ww-rqjf",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}