cxosmo/CVE-2021-42697

PoC

Proof of concept exploit for CVE-2021-42697: Akka HTTP 10.1.x before 10.1.15 and 10.2.x before 10.2.7 can encounter stack exhaustion while parsing HTTP headers, which allows a remote attacker to conduct a Denial of Service attack by sending a User-Agent header with deeply nested comments.

view exploit source poc_in_githubauthor cxosmopublished 2022-04-24catalog poc_in_github
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Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2021-42697UShigh7.5Exploit
Akka HTTP 10.1.x before 10.1.15 and 10.2.x before 10.2.7 can encounter stack exhaustion while parsing HTTP headers, which allows a remote attacker to conduct a Denial of Service at…
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