CVE-2026-68005 — An issue in ACME mini_httpd 1.30 and prior allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the HTTP request header parser in the handle_request() function

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HIGH

An issue in ACME mini_httpd 1.30 and prior allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the HTTP request header parser in the handle_request() function

Published Aug 17, 2026

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.58%

Description

An issue in ACME mini_httpd 1.30 and prior allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the HTTP request header parser in the handle_request() function

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.58% 0.00582

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00582

Score over time

Aug–Oct 2026

EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v5

Table of values (2 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.58% (0.00582)	45.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Aug 18, 2026	0.41% (0.00409)	34.10th	v5 (v2026.06.15)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References (2)

Link	Providers	Tags
https://acme.com/software/mini_httpd/
https://github.com/qop-qop-qop/qop-s-blog.github.io/blob/main/CVE-2026-68005/CVE-2026-68005.md

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 17, 2026

Updated Aug 17, 2026

Reserved Jul 30, 2026

Link CVE-2026-68005

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Aug 17, 2026

NVD

Status Deferred

Modified Sep 9, 2026

Link CVE-2026-68005

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2026-68005