CVE-2026-111497

CRITICAL CISA KEV
ACT NOW Priority: 8.09 BB Relevance: 88/100
Published: 2026-10-22 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
AT: Present
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

Description

Google Brotli contains an unchecked return value vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to corrupt adjacent decoder state memory, disclose sensitive memory contents, cause a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code using a crafted Brotli-compressed stream.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Vendor / Product Google — Brotli
Date Added 2026-10-27
Remediation Due 2026-11-10
This vulnerability affects an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://github.com/google/brotli/releases/tag/v1.2.1 ; ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111497

Weakness Classification (2)

Affected Software (78)

VendorProductVersion
7-zip p7zip < 16.02
7-zip p7zip < 16.02
Google Brotli 1.0.3 < 1.0.10
Google Brotli 1.1.0 < 1.1.1
Google Brotli 1.2.0 < 1.2.1
Google Brotli 1.0.3 < 1.0.10
Google Brotli 1.1.0 < 1.1.1
Google Brotli 1.2.0 < 1.2.1
andybalholm brotli < 1.2.7
andybalholm brotli < 1.2.7
anthropic bun < 1.4.4
anthropic bun < 1.4.4
apache arrow < 26.0.0
apache arrow 27.0.0
apache arrow < 26.0.0
apache arrow 27.0.0
clickhouse clickhouse < 26.10.2.103
clickhouse clickhouse < 26.10.2.103
debian debian_linux 12.0
debian debian_linux 12.0
duckdb duckdb < 2.0.0
duckdb duckdb < 2.0.0
envoyproxy envoy < 1.37.8
envoyproxy envoy 1.38.0 – 1.38.6
envoyproxy envoy 1.39.0 – 1.39.3
envoyproxy envoy < 1.37.8
envoyproxy envoy 1.38.0 – 1.38.6
envoyproxy envoy 1.39.0 – 1.39.3
google brotli 1.0.3 – 1.0.10
google brotli 1.1.0 – 1.1.1
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References & Advisories (18)

https://broccoli2shell.com
Third Party Advisory
https://patchtheplanet.org/brotli
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/494
Issue Tracking Mitigation Third Party Advisory

Bug Bounty Relevance

88 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction
✓ Known exploited (KEV)
✓ High exploitation probability

CVSS Score

9.2 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

87.99%
Raw Score 0.879880
Percentile 99.8%
Date 2026-10-28

Intelligence Sources

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