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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gRPC | 1.51 – < 1.53 | 1.53 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | grpc | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | grpc | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | grpc | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | grpc | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | grpc | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | grpc | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | grpc | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 9 | rhc-worker-playbook | 0.1.10-1.el9_5 | RHSA-2024:10761 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | wavefront-proxy | 13.4-r1 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | io.grpc:grpc-protobuf | >= 1.51.0, < 1.53.0 | 1.53.0 | GHSA-6628-q6j9-w8vg |
| PyPI | grpcio | >= 1.51.0, < 1.53.0 | 1.53.0 | PYSEC-2026-1425 |
| RubyGems | grpc | >= 1.51.0, < 1.53.0 | 1.53.0 | GHSA-6628-q6j9-w8vg |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2024:10761 Red Hat Security Advisory: rhc-worker-playbook security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 9, 2026