CVE-2026-68981 (GCVE-0-2026-68981)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-03 19:59
Modified
2026-08-04 19:19
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-409 - Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Summary
Apache NiFi 1.5.0 through 2.10.0 support gzip-encoded HTTP requests for the application REST API using a Jersey encoding filter. The framework enforced a configurable maximum request size on the compressed payload rather than the decompressed output, allowing a malicious client to send crafted requests that could consume excessive amounts of memory. Upgrading to Apache NiFi 2.11.0 is the recommended mitigation, which relocates response compression to Jetty Server and disables decompression of gzip-encoded HTTP requests.
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Impacted products
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| Apache Software Foundation | Apache NiFi |
Version: 1.5.0 ≤ 2.10.0 |
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