CVE-2023-44386 — Vapor is an HTTP web framework for Swift

Vapor is an HTTP web framework for Swift. There is a denial of service vulnerability impacting all users of affected versions of Vapor. The HTTP1 error handler closed connections when HTTP parse errors occur instead of passing them on. The issue is fixed as of Vapor release 4.84.

01What is this vulnerability?

Vapor is an HTTP web framework for Swift. There is a denial of service vulnerability impacting all users of affected versions of Vapor. The HTTP1 error handler closed connections when HTTP parse errors occur instead of passing them on. The issue is fixed as of Vapor release 4.84.2.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
vapor	vapor	>= 4.83.2, < 4.84.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-10-05T17:41:38.379Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-19T17:58:26.048Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/vapor/vapor/security/advisories/GHSA-3mwq-h3g6-ffhm
• github.com — https://github.com/vapor/vapor/commit/090464a654b03148b139a81f8f5ac63b0856f6f3
• github.com — https://github.com/vapor/vapor/releases/tag/4.84.2