Brotli2Shell: Frequently asked questions for Google Brotli decoder vulnerability (CVE-2026-111497)
Researchers have demonstrated remote code execution through CVE-2026-111497, an out-of-bounds write in Google's Brotli decoder library, and public proofs-of-concept (PoCs) are available. Software that uses the decoder includes Node.js, .NET, Bun, Envoy Proxy, Istio, Python HTTP clients and PHP for…
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- T1Brotli2Shell: Frequently asked questions for Google Brotli decoder vulnerability (CVE-2026-111497)Tenable Research
Vulnerabilities
Why this score
| Signal | Points |
|---|---|
| cvss critical — 9.2 | 20 |
| epss high | 20 |