Smithy-RS: Allocation of resources without limits in the default aws-smithy-http-server serve() path allows unauthenticated Slowloris denial of service

Summary Smithy-RS is a Rust code generation and runtime framework that generates HTTP clients and servers from Smithy interface definitions, powering the AWS SDK for Rust and custom service implementations. An issue exists where, under certain circumstances, allocation of resources without limits...

SUSE CVE-2026-16756

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...