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[GHSA] GHSA-fm4g-76c9-7w69 (high) — Http4s: DigestAuth nonce map grows unbounded

medgithub_advisoriesPublished 2026-09-15

GHSA-fm4g-76c9-7w69 Severity: high CVE: CVE-2026-69208

Http4s: DigestAuth nonce map grows unbounded

The `DigestAuth` server middleware's stale-nonce cleanup uses an inverted comparison: it removes *fresh* nonces and stops at the first *stale* one. Because a new nonce is created for every unauthenticated challenge, an attacker can drive the nonce map to grow without bound until the JVM runs out

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Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fm4g-76c9-7w69