HTTPX2 is a next generation HTTP client for Python. Prior to 2.12.0, the HTTPX2 content decoders in src/httpx2/httpx2/_decoders.py fully inflate each gzip, deflate, br, or zstd network chunk before iter_bytes() or aiter_bytes() yields bounded pieces to the application. A 64 KiB compressed chunk can expand to approximately 64 MiB in one intermediate allocation, so an attacker-controlled or compromised server can cause severe memory pressure or out-of-memory process termination even when the application streams the response. This issue is fixed in version 2.12.0.
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Description HTTPX2 is a next generation HTTP client for Python. Prior to 2.12.0, the HTTPX2 content decoders in src/httpx2/httpx2/_decoders.py fully inflate each gzip, deflate, br, or zstd network chunk before iter_bytes() or aiter_bytes() yields bounded pieces to the application. A 64 KiB compressed chunk can expand to approximately 64 MiB in one intermediate allocation, so an attacker-controlled or compromised server can cause severe memory pressure or out-of-memory process termination even when the application streams the response. This issue is fixed in version 2.12.0.
Title HTTPX2: Streaming response decompression does not bound peak memory (decompression amplification)
Weaknesses CWE-409
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{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-02T18:03:05.010Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T16:27:58.130Z

Link: CVE-2026-84382

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-02T19:18:08.353

Modified: 2026-09-02T19:18:08.353

Link: CVE-2026-84382

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-02T18:03:05Z

Links: CVE-2026-84382 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-09-03T10:30:12Z

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