CVE-2026-44909: facebook proxygen
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-44909 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in facebook proxygen. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 23-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Proxygen lacked a generalized slow-consumer detection mechanism in its core HTTP session layer. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit HTTP/2 flow-control by setting SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE to 0 or withholding WINDOW_UPDATE frames, causing the server to buffer complete response bodies in memory indefinitely for stalled streams. By opening many simultaneous streams requesting large resources while preventing the server from transmitting responses, an attacker could induce unbounded memory growth leading to service degradation, resource exhaustion, or denial of service. Versions v2017.01.16.00 through v2026.07.20.00 are affected.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.57%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
46%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.57% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Facebook1 product
- proxygen≥ v2017.01.16.00, < v2026.07.20.00
1 vendor · 1 product
References
1 links- github.com/facebook/proxygen/commit/f28742f21f7022c261b7620d4e6b20d82b6cff72X Refsource CONFIRM