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archivevulnerability · 17 Sep 2026 · 20:32 UTC

GHSA-x424-64qh-5j54: react/http: A malformed HTTP chunked body can lead to a denial-of-service and peg the CPU

VULNCVE-2026-84997source · GTH
HIGHHigh-risk vulnerability — CVSS 7.5

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### Summary A malformed HTTP message using `Transfer-Encoding: chunked` can drive `React\Http\Io\ChunkedDecoder` into an infinite loop, pegging a CPU core and freezing the event loop. Because ReactPHP is single-threaded, one such message stalls the entire process for every client until it is killed. Both directions are affected. `ChunkedDecoder` decodes chunked **request** bodies for `React\Http\HttpServer` and chunked **response** bodies for `React\Http\Browser`, so a server can be attacked by a malicious client and a client can be attacked by a malicious or compromised server. …

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