CVE-2026-119233: Meta proxygen HTTP/3 denial of service in frame buffering

CVE-2026-119233 · Severity: info · Published 2026-11-11

Meta's proxygen is a C++ HTTP library used to handle web communication protocols. An attacker can cause unbounded memory and CPU consumption by slowly sending an incomplete HTTP/3 frame with a very large declared size, leading to denial of service and potential service outages.

Technologies: Meta Proxygen. Vendors: Meta.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-119233 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-119233 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-119233?
Informational severity, published 11 November 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Meta Proxygen before v2026.11.09.00.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-119233?
Yes: fixed in v2026.11.09.00. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-119233 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-119233?
Check whether you run Meta Proxygen at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: v2026.11.09.00

Technical details

The HTTP/3 codec in proxygen lacks bounds checking when buffering incomplete non-DATA frames (control-stream, HEADERS, or unknown frame types) and rescans all buffered data on each incoming byte fragment, causing quadratic CPU growth. A remote, unauthenticated attacker on the network can trigger this via a single HTTP/3 connection by declaring a massive frame length and delivering it slowly in small fragments. The vulnerability affects proxygen before v2026.11.09.00.

Affected products

  • Meta proxygen before v2026.11.09.00

Timeline

  • 2026-11-11: disclosed
  • 2026-11-09: patched

References

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