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CVE-2026-12043

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jun 12, 2026Sources checked Oct 28, 2026
8.8HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-12043 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 8.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

AWS Security Bulletins guidance

Vendor revision: Oct 19, 2026
Vendor remediation details

We identified CVE-2026-12043, an issue where improper handling of HPACK dynamic table size updates in the AWS Common Runtime aws-c-http library might allow a remote actor operating a server to cause memory corruption on a connecting client application, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution, via a crafted sequence of HTTP/2 HEADERS frames.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.3%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is CVE-2026-12043?

Improper handling of HPACK dynamic table size updates in the AWS Common Runtime aws-c-http library might allow a remote threat actor operating a server to cause memory corruption on a connecting client application, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution, via a crafted sequence of HTTP/2 HEADERS frames.

To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to aws-c-http version 0.11.0.

Source: NVD