CVE-2023-32731: exploitation status and patch state

CVE-2023-32731 · CVSS 7.4 HIGH · EPSS 1%

When gRPC HTTP2 stack raised a header size exceeded error, it skipped parsing the rest of the HPACK frame. This caused any HPACK table mutations to also be skipped, resulting in a desynchronization of HPACK tables between sender and receiver. If leveraged, say, between a proxy and a backend, this could lead to requests from the proxy being interpreted as containing headers from different proxy clients - leading to an information leak that can be used for privilege escalation or data exfiltration. We recommend upgrading beyond the commit contained in  https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33005 https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33005

Is CVE-2023-32731 exploited?

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Is there a patch?

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KEV and EPSS are re-checked daily. Record last updated 2026-08-15.