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GHSA-pw9p-jvrm-f7rm

HighCVSS 7.5 / 10
Published Jun 26, 2026·Last modified Jun 26, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

Psl\H2\ServerConnection does not validate that the total bytes received in DATA frames match the content-length header declared in the HEADERS frame, in violation of RFC 9113 §8.1.1.

A malicious client can:

  • Send more DATA bytes than declared, smuggling additional content past application-level size limits.
  • Send fewer DATA bytes than declared and close the stream early, causing applications that trust the declared length to behave incorrectly.

The vulnerability is only reachable for consumers using Psl\H2\ServerConnection directly to accept untrusted client traffic. The high-level Psl\HTTP\Server is in active development and was not yet released at the time of this advisory; consumers of documented high-level PSL APIs are not affected.

Patches

Fixed in 6.1.2 and 6.2.1.

  • Parses and validates the content-length header on incoming HEADERS (server-side only — clients do not enforce this per RFC 9110 §9.3.2).
  • Tracks cumulative DATA frame payload length per stream.
  • Throws StreamException on mismatch or overflow.

Regression tests landed in #781, 9 of the new tests fail against the pre-fix code, proving the validation boundary is enforced.

Workarounds

None at the protocol layer. Applications using Psl\H2\ServerConnection directly should upgrade.

Resources

  • RFC 9113 §8.1.1 (HTTP/2 request/response exchange)
  • RFC 9110 §8.6 (content-length header)
  • https://github.com/php-standard-library/php-standard-library/releases/tag/6.1.2
  • https://github.com/php-standard-library/php-standard-library/releases/tag/6.2.1
Risk Scores
Base Score
7.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
6.9

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.27%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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