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Because BEAM integers are arbitrary precision, a run of N continuation octets builds an O(N)-bit bignum and re-adds into an ever-larger bignum on each step, so the total decoding cost is superlinear (about O(N^2)). An unauthenticated attacker who can send an HTTP/2 header block to a server using this decoder (reached through the <tt>'Elixir.HPAX':decode/2</tt> entry point) can supply a small header block that forces a large, attacker-controlled amount of CPU (and transient memory), a denial-of-service amplification.</p><p>This issue affects <tt>hpax</tt> from 0.1.1 before 1.0.4.</p>"}],"value":"Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity vulnerability in elixir-mint hpax allows unauthenticated denial-of-service via unbounded HPACK integer decoding.\n\nhpax decodes HPACK variable-length integers with no upper bound on the decoded value or the number of continuation octets. 'Elixir.HPAX.Types':decode_remaining_integer/3 accumulates the integer as int + (value <<< m), shifting by 7 more bits for each continuation octet and stopping only on a terminating octet or truncated input, never because the integer grew too large. Because BEAM integers are arbitrary precision, a run of N continuation octets builds an O(N)-bit bignum and re-adds into an ever-larger bignum on each step, so the total decoding cost is superlinear (about O(N^2)). An unauthenticated attacker who can send an HTTP/2 header block to a server using this decoder (reached through the 'Elixir.HPAX':decode/2 entry point) can supply a small header block that forces a large, attacker-controlled amount of CPU (and transient memory), a denial-of-service amplification.\n\nThis issue affects hpax from 0.1.1 before 1.0.4."}],"impacts":[{"capecId":"CAPEC-130","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"CAPEC-130 Excessive Allocation"}]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV4_0":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"format":"CVSS","scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"GENERAL"}]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-407","description":"CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-07-06T09:03:47.374Z","orgId":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db","shortName":"EEF"},"references":[{"tags":["vendor-advisory","related"],"url":"https://github.com/elixir-mint/hpax/security/advisories/GHSA-jj2p-32j7-whj2"},{"tags":["related"],"url":"https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-58226.html"},{"tags":["related"],"url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-58226"},{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/elixir-mint/hpax/commit/1ba4bb2dc91e80089cf89c73970ac3ded76f17eb"}],"source":{"discovery":"EXTERNAL"},"title":"Unauthenticated denial-of-service via unbounded HPACK integer decoding in hpax","x_generator":{"engine":"cvelib 1.8.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db","assignerShortName":"EEF","cveId":"CVE-2026-58226","datePublished":"2026-07-06T09:03:47.374Z","dateReserved":"2026-06-29T18:54:08.633Z","dateUpdated":"2026-07-06T09:03:47.374Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"}