CVE-2026-818757.5HighCWE-409

CVE-2026-81875: HAPI FHIR: SHCParser unbounded DEFLATE decompression causes denial of service

hapifhir · org.hl7.fhir.core

Affected: hapifhir org.hl7.fhir.core · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

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0.6%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

50th percentile

050100

Higher than 50% of scored CVEs

7.5HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

HAPI FHIR is a complete implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard for healthcare interoperability in Java. Prior to version 6.9.12, SHCParser in org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/elementmodel/SHCParser.java can consume attacker-controlled Smart Health Card JWT content whose header contains zip: "DEF" and whose small raw-DEFLATE payload expands to a very large value. SHCParser.decodeJWT() passes the decoded payload to SHCParser.inflate(), which accumulates all decompressed bytes in a ByteArrayOutputStream without an output-size limit before JSON parsing, and SHCParser.decompress() contains the same unbounded pattern. An application or validator service that accepts attacker-supplied SHC content can therefore suffer excessive heap allocation, severe garbage-collection pressure, request failure, process instability, or process termination. This issue is fixed in version 6.9.12.

Affected products1

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hapifhir · org.hl7.fhir.core< 6.9.12

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) · Denial of Service
Vendor: hapifhir
Published: September 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), September 2026

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