---
title: "CVE-2026-69208: Http4s - Denial of Service"
description: "Http4s < 0.23.35 and < 1.0.0-M47 contain a denial of service caused by inverted stale-nonce comparison in DigestAuth middleware, letting unauthenticated attackers exhaust JVM heap memory by triggering repeated authentication challenges."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-69208/
---

# CVE-2026-69208 Http4s - Denial of Service

Http4s < 0.23.35 and < 1.0.0-M47 contain a denial of service caused by inverted stale-nonce comparison in DigestAuth middleware, letting unauthenticated attackers exhaust JVM heap memory by triggering repeated authentication challenges.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.77% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69208)

## Details

Type

Denial of Service

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published

15 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to versions 0.23.35 or 1.0.0-M47 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69208](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-69208)
- [https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/8cfeda8472954d631dfbe5dc026463a27653e482](https://github.com/http4s/http4s/commit/8cfeda8472954d631dfbe5dc026463a27653e482)
- [https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.35](https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v0.23.35)
- [https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M47](https://github.com/http4s/http4s/releases/tag/v1.0.0-M47)
- [https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-fm4g-76c9-7w69](https://github.com/http4s/http4s/security/advisories/GHSA-fm4g-76c9-7w69)

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