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Microsoft Security Response CenterCVE-2023-26964

An issue was discovered in hyper v0.13.7. h2-0.2.4 Stream stacking occurs when the H2 component processes HTTP2 RST_STREAM frames. As a result the memory and CPU usage are high which can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

HighVendor CVSS 7.5 / 10 1 CVE Published May 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC

Summary

Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?

One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information.

If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.

Products covered

  • azl3 rpm-ostree 2022.1-7 on Azure Linux 3.0

  • azl3 rust 1.86.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

  • cbl2 kata-containers 3.2.0.azl0-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0

  • cbl2 rpm-ostree 2022.1-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0

  • azl3 rust h2-0.3.26 on Azure Linux 3.0

  • azl3 rpm-ostree 2024.4-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

  • azl3 kata-containers 3.2.0.azl0-2 on Azure Linux 3.0

  • azl3 kata-containers 3.1.3-2 on Azure Linux 3.0

Remediation

CBL-Mariner Releases

Vendor-listed fixes

  • 2024.4-1

  • h2-0.3.26

  • 3.2.0.azl0-1

  • 2022.1-7

  • 3.2.0.azl0-2

CVEs in this advisory 1

Updates

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