CVE-2025-57804 — h2
Fix: python-hyper/h2@035e989CVE-2025-57804 is a CWE-93 vulnerability in h2. A fix is available for h2 — see the affected versions and patch details below.
h2 allows HTTP Request Smuggling due to illegal characters in headers
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-57804.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
h2Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
h2 is a pure-Python implementation of a HTTP/2 protocol stack. Prior to version 4.3.0, an HTTP/2 request splitting vulnerability allows attackers to perform request smuggling attacks by injecting CRLF characters into headers. This occurs when servers downgrade HTTP/2 requests to HTTP/1.1 without properly validating header names/values, enabling attackers to manipulate request boundaries and bypass security controls. This issue has been patched in version 4.3.0.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | h2 | all versions | 4.3.0pip install --upgrade 'h2==4.3.0' |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for h2, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update h2 to 4.3.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-57804 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
This issue is classified as Moderate rather than Important because its impact is constrained to integrity violations through request injection, without directly compromising confidentiality or availability. The flaw arises only in environments where HTTP/2 traffic is downgraded to HTTP/1.1 by intermediaries, which is…
Mitigation is either unavailable or does not meet Red Hat Product Security standards for usability, deployment, applicability, or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2025-57804 (CC BY 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
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