Researcher says Bun did not answer May report on HTTP/3 flaw

Féry’s report describes memory exhaustion and a CPU lockup in Bun’s experimental, opt-in HTTP/3 server. His test results have not been independently replicated.

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Féry’s account describes a way for a client to consume server memory or CPU through HTTP/3 traffic. Bun documents HTTP/3 as experimental and requires TLS and an explicit opt-in, limiting the finding to deployments that enable the feature.

A generic network test board with memory modules and a stopped cooling fan sits beneath a Bun sign in a lab.

FoxIO researcher Sébastien Féry said FoxIO reported a QPACK issue affecting Bun to the security contact listed in Bun’s policy on May 24th and never heard back.…

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