CVE-2026-5438

Gzip Decompression Bomb via Content-Encoding Header

High · published April 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
54.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A gzip decompression bomb vulnerability exists when Orthanc processes HTTP request with `Content-Encoding: gzip`. The server does not enforce limits on decompressed size and allocates memory based on attacker-controlled compression metadata. A specially crafted gzip payload can trigger excessive memory allocation and exhaust system memory.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00759 · 54.8th percentile
Published
2026-04-09T14:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 APR 14:44Z
    Gzip Decompression Bomb via Content-Encoding Header
    cvelistv5