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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-83536 EUVD-2026-97777GHSA-qphq-4x45-237m

Openstack-network-exporter: http.server has no readheadertimeout / readtimeout (slowloris)

Published Oct 12, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in openstack-network-exporter. The HTTP server within the component is configured without essential timeout settings, such as ReadHeaderTimeout. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to initiate multiple slow HTTP header connections. By trickling header bytes, the attacker can exhaust server resources, specifically file descriptors, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) that prevents legitimate Prometheus metric scraping and alerting.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 — —

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