CVE-2023-1428

Denial-of-Service in gRPC

Published Jun 9, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
There exists an vulnerability causing an abort() to be called in gRPC. 
The following headers cause gRPC's C++ implementation to abort() when called via http2:

te: x (x != trailers)

:scheme: x (x != http, https)

grpclb_client_stats: x (x == anything)

On top of sending one of those headers, a later header must be sent that gets the total header size past 8KB. We recommend upgrading past git commit 2485fa94bd8a723e5c977d55a3ce10b301b437f8 or v1.53 and above.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Fixes available in these releases: - 1.52.2: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.52.2 https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.52.2 - 1.53.1: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.53.1 https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.53.1 - 1.54.2: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.54.2 https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.54.2 - 1.55.0: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.55.0 https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/tag/v1.55.0

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-1972 There exists an vulnerability causing an abort() to be called in gRPC.  The following headers cause gRPC's C++ implementation to abort() when called via http2: te: x (x != trailers) :scheme: x (x != http, https) grpclb_client_stats: x (x == anything) On top of sending one of those headers, a later header must be sent that gets the total header size past 8KB. We recommend upgrading past git commit 2485fa94bd8a723e5c977d55a3ce10b301b437f8 or v1.53 and above.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6628-q6j9-w8vg gRPC Reachable Assertion issue
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Google
Published
Updated
Sep 26, 2024, 6:58 PM
Reserved
Mar 16, 2023, 10:47 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 9, 2023, 11:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:27 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 9, 2023, 12:00 AM