CVE-2026-16756 Allocation of resources without limits in the default aws-smithy-http-server serve() path allows unauthenticated Slowloris denial of service

Missing connection and header-read timeouts and the absence of a concurrent-connection cap in the default serve path of Amazon aws-smithy-http-server might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by opening many connections and sending partial requests that are never completed,...

CVE-2026-16756

CVE-2026-16756 affects the aws-smithy-http-server in its default serve() path. Missing connection and header-read timeouts and no concurrent-connection cap can allow unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust server sockets and tasks by opening many connections and sending partial requests, cons...