Answer in brief
CVE-2026-86250 records a Medium severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in h3 before 2.0.1-rc.18 Denial of Service via Unbounded Chunked Cookie. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps h3js/h3 (generic), h3 (npm), h3 (npm). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps h3js/h3 (generic), h3 (npm), h3 (npm). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| h3js/h3generic | >=2.0.0-beta.4 <2.0.1-rc.18 | 2.0.1-rc.18 |
| h3npm | >=2.0.0-beta.4,<2.0.1-rc.18 | 2.0.1-rc.18 |
| h3npm | >=2.0.0-beta.4 <2.0.1-rc.18 | 2.0.1-rc.18 |
Published upstream
Sep 6, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 6, 2026
h3 versions before 2.0.1-rc.18 fail to validate the chunk count parsed from user-controlled cookie values in setChunkedCookie() and deleteChunkedCookie() functions. Attackers can send a crafted cookie header with an extremely large chunk count to trigger an O(n²) cleanup loop that hangs the server process.
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