DefaultHttp2Connection.DefaultEndpoint initialises maxActiveStreams/maxStreams to Integer.MAXVALUE, and Http2Settings never inserts SETTINGSMAXCONCURRENTSTREAMS by default (Http2Settings.java:305-307 only clamps a user-supplied value). Unless the application explicitly calls initialSettings().maxConcurrentStreams(n), a Netty HTTP/2 server advertises no limit and enforces none locally. Each open stream allocates a DefaultStream object, PropertyMap slots, flow-controller state and IntObjectHashMap entry; with ~2^30 permissible odd stream IDs a single TCP connection can create hundreds of thousands of long-lived stream objects. This is also the precondition for CVE-2023-44487-style Rapid-Reset amplification, where the absence of a low concurrent cap multiplies backend work.
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7540.html#section-6.5.2
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-08T23:02:40Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-12T15:16:29Z",
"severity": "MODERATE",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
]
}