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Problem

  • A node:http2 client adds every origin of every inbound ORIGIN frame to session.originSet with no limit. A TLS server can send new origins for the life of the session and grow client memory without bound. A repro with a server that keeps sending ORIGIN frames reaches 301 entries and never errors.
  • The cause is the client origin handler in src/js/node/http2.ts:5331. It calls originSet.add for each entry and never checks the size. Node.js fixed the same bug in v26.4.0 (CVE-2026-48619, nodejs/node@87d847bc70).

Fix

  • http2.connect() accepts maxOriginSetSize. It is validated with validateNumber(..., 0) like node: a non-number throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE, NaN or a negative value throws ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE. The default is 128.
  • The origin handler checks originSet.size >= maxOriginSetSize before each add. When the check fails it destroys the session with the new ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS ("The server sent more ORIGIN frames than the allowed number of 128") and does not emit 'origin' for that frame. This is node's onOrigin line for line.
  • The handler also drops a dead empty-frame guard. The native parser (h2_frame_parser.rs) never dispatches an ORIGIN frame with zero entries.
  • Verified: test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js (new describe block, 3 of 4 tests fail on stock bun) and node's own test/js/node/test/parallel/test-http2-origin-set-max-size.mjs (vendored, fails on stock bun). Also the full node-http2.test.js file and test-http2-origin.js.

Background

  • An ORIGIN frame (RFC 8336) lets a server list the origins it can serve on one connection. A client collects them in session.originSet. Bun only does this on a TLS session, like node.
  • The set starts with the session's own origin, so with the default of 128 the first 12 frames of 10 origins fit and the 13th overflows. Node's test and the new bun test both assert those counts.
  • Open PR node:http2: validate inbound ALTSVC and ORIGIN frames on the client like node #42391 rewrites the same handler to validate inbound ORIGIN frames. It does not add the cap. Whichever lands second needs a small rebase of this one function.
Notes
  • Found as a node compat gap while working on node:http2: validate inbound ALTSVC and ORIGIN frames on the client like node #42391. There is no user report. node:http2 client: originSet grows without bound, node 26.4.0 added maxOriginSetSize (CVE-2026-48619) #42407 tracked it and is closed (internal findings do not go through GitHub issues).
  • Self-reviewed: 3 concerns raised, 2 addressed (the dead origins.length === 0 guard, and vendoring node's test). The third asked for a tracking issue for the CVE. No prior CVE port in this repo used one, so I did not file it.
  • ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS is registered in src/jsc/bindings/ErrorCode.ts (plain Error) and its message template in src/jsc/bindings/ErrorCode.cpp.
  • The vendored node test is the current main version of test-http2-origin-set-max-size.mjs. It differs from the version in the fix commit only in that it no longer opens a request on each session. It runs in about 5 s on the debug build.
  • node:http2 types come from @types/node, so packages/bun-types has no change.

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fails on main (without fix)
ASAN without fix: 3 failed, 6 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" "test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js"
bun test v1.4.3 (6a92015fc)

test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js:
(pass) node none > Client Basics > should be able to send a GET request [1541.22ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > should be able to send a POST request [991.93ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > constants [21.79ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getDefaultSettings [8.95ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getPackedSettings/getUnpackedSettings [21.83ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getUnpackedSettings should throw if buffer is too small [8.77ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getUnpackedSettings should throw if buffer is not a multiple of 6 bytes [5.38ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getUnpackedSettings should throw if buffer is not a buffer [7.34ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > should be able to send data using end [987.85ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > should be able to mutiplex GET requests [956.90ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > http2 should receive remoteSettings when receiving 
... (truncated)

release without fix: 6 skipped
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (8f0aab5ce)

test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js:
(pass) node none > Client Basics > constants [0.94ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getDefaultSettings [0.30ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getPackedSettings/getUnpackedSettings [0.34ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getUnpackedSettings should throw if buffer is too small [0.21ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getUnpackedSettings should throw if buffer is not a multiple of 6 bytes [0.05ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getUnpackedSettings should throw if buffer is not a buffer [0.09ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > is possible to abort request [1.82ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > aborted event should work with abortController [0.88ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > aborted event should work with aborted signal [0.78ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > signal validation matches node: non-signal objects throw, duck-typed { aborted } is accepted [0.88ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > headers cannot be bigger than 65536 bytes [58.42ms]
(skip) node none > Client Basics > should not leak memory
(pass) node none > Client Basics > should fail to con
... (truncated)
passes on PR (with fix)
ASAN with fix: 6 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" "test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js"
bun test v1.4.3 (6a92015fc)

test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js:
(pass) node none > Client Basics > should be able to send a GET request [1163.02ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > should be able to send a POST request [811.74ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > constants [22.92ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getDefaultSettings [8.43ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getPackedSettings/getUnpackedSettings [18.81ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getUnpackedSettings should throw if buffer is too small [8.19ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getUnpackedSettings should throw if buffer is not a multiple of 6 bytes [4.28ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getUnpackedSettings should throw if buffer is not a buffer [6.68ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > should be able to send data using end [805.63ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > should be able to mutiplex GET requests [762.87ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > http2 should receive remoteSettings when receiving 
... (truncated)

release with fix: 6 skipped
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 720ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/79] gen ErrorCode+*.h
[2/23] gen cpp.rs (cppbind)
[3/23] gen JS modules (bundle-modules)
Preprocess modules (8244ms)
Bundle modules (77ms)
Postprocesss modules (554ms)
Bundle Functions (843ms)
Generate Code (42ms)

[9.77s] Bundled "src/js" for production
  2600 kb
  197 internal modules
  13 native modules
  50 internal functions across 16 files
[3/8] cargo bun_runtime → libbun_runtime.a
^[[1m^[[92m   Compiling^[[0m bun_runtime v0.0.0 (/workspace/bun/src/runtime)
^[[1m^[[92m    Finished^[[0m `release` profile [optimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 5m 12s
[4/8] cxx obj/unified/UnifiedSource-src_jsc_bindings-1.cpp.o
[5/8] link bun-profile
[7/8] strip bun
[7/8] bun-profile --revision
1.4.3-canary.1+6d5f4ea9f
[build] done
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (6d5f4ea9f)

test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js:
(pass) node none > Client Basics > constants [0.93ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getDefaultSettings [0.18ms]
(pass) node none > Client Basics > getPackedSettings/getUnpackedSettings [0.31ms]
(pass) node none > C
... (truncated)
diff hotspot
src/js/builtins.d.ts                               |   1 +
 src/js/node/http2.ts                               |  24 +++--
 src/jsc/bindings/ErrorCode.cpp                     |   1 +
 src/jsc/bindings/ErrorCode.ts                      |   1 +
 test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js              |  90 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../parallel/test-http2-origin-set-max-size.mjs    | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 209 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

gate history · 2 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 0

evidence per changed file
file                                                      reads  edits  tests
src/js/builtins.d.ts                                          1      1     17
src/js/node/http2.ts                                          4      7     17
src/jsc/bindings/ErrorCode.cpp                                1      1     17
src/jsc/bindings/ErrorCode.ts                                 1      2     17
test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js                         2      6     17
…s/node/test/parallel/test-http2-origin-set-max-size.mjs      0      0     19

root cause · written by the author bot

The node:http2 client added every origin from every inbound ORIGIN frame to session.originSet with no upper bound, so a TLS server could grow the set indefinitely for the life of the session (CVE-2026-48619). The fix mirrors Node v26.4.0 by adding a maxOriginSetSize option to http2.connect (default 128, validated as a number greater than or equal to zero) and checking it in the client's origin handler before each add. When the set is already at the limit, the session is destroyed with ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS and the 'origin' event is not emitted for that frame.

….4.0

A server could grow a client session's originSet without bound by
sending ORIGIN frames for the life of the session (CVE-2026-48619).
Add the maxOriginSetSize connect option (default 128) and destroy the
session with ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS when the set would grow past it.
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Client HTTP/2 sessions cap origin-set growth at 128 by default. maxOriginSetSize accepts nonnegative numbers. Overflow destroys the session with ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS. Tests cover validation, configured limits, events, errors, and Infinity.

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HTTP/2 origin-set limit

Layer / File(s) Summary
Origin overflow error contract
src/jsc/bindings/ErrorCode.*, src/js/builtins.d.ts
The error registries and builtin declaration define ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS and its formatted message.
Client origin-set enforcement
src/js/node/http2.ts
Client sessions default to 128 origins, validate maxOriginSetSize, normalize ORIGIN frames, and destroy the session when the limit is exceeded.
Origin-set limit validation
test/js/node/http2/node-http2.test.js, test/js/node/test/parallel/test-http2-origin-set-max-size.mjs
Tests cover invalid values, default and configured limits, origin events, overflow errors, and Infinity.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy the coding requirements in issue #42407. node:http2.connect() supports maxOriginSetSize with a default of 128 and validates it as a nonnegative number. The client checks the li…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed source files implement the issue #42407 origin-set limit and register the required error code. The added tests cover the required validation and enforcement behavior. The removed empty-fra…
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❌ @robobun, your commit 6d5f4ea has 1 failures in Build #114530 (All Failures):


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 42411

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-42411 executable, so you can run:

bun-42411 --bun

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5612-5614: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Augment the public node:http2 option type. bun-types uses @types/node, whose ClientSessionOptions omits maxOriginSetSize, so object-literal callers receive an excess-property error even though connect() supports the option. Add maxOriginSetSize?: number to the node:http2 SessionOptions augmentation in packages/bun-types/overrides.d.ts; changing the non-exported local alias alone does not update caller-facing types.

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In `@src/js/node/http2.ts` around lines 5612 - 5614, Update the public node:http2
SessionOptions augmentation in packages/bun-types/overrides.d.ts to include
optional maxOriginSetSize as a number, so object-literal callers of connect()
accept the supported option; do not change only the non-exported local alias.

5327-5341: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Override the generated declaration for $ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS

ErrorCode.ts already generates a declaration with a string parameter. The overflow path passes numeric #maxOriginSetSize, so TypeScript reports a type error. Add this override to src/js/builtins.d.ts:

declare function $ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS(maxOrigins: number): Error;

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In `@src/js/node/http2.ts` around lines 5327 - 5341, Override the generated
declaration for $ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS in the built-in declarations so it
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In `@src/js/node/http2.ts`:
- Around line 5612-5614: Update the public node:http2 SessionOptions
augmentation in packages/bun-types/overrides.d.ts to include optional
maxOriginSetSize as a number, so object-literal callers of connect() accept the
supported option; do not change only the non-exported local alias.
- Around line 5327-5341: Override the generated declaration for
$ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS in the built-in declarations so it accepts a number
and returns Error, matching the numeric `#maxOriginSetSize` passed by the origin
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On the two findings outside the diff:

  • $ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS typing: fixed in 6d5f4ea. src/js/builtins.d.ts now declares it with a number argument, the same override pattern as $ERR_HTTP2_PAYLOAD_FORBIDDEN. The generator skips its string-typed declaration when builtins.d.ts has one. tsc --noEmit passes.
  • packages/bun-types/overrides.d.ts: there is no node:http2 augmentation in bun-types. The node:http2 types come from @types/node, which adds maxOriginSetSize when it picks up node 26.4.0. Bun does not augment node module option types for other node options either, so I am leaving this out.

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Code review found no issues

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A second branch fixed the same bug in parallel: robobun/64d15791/http2-max-origin-set-size. Its source change is the same as this PR, so that branch gets no PR. Two things from it can be useful here.

A test for the exact limit. The rows in this PR (-0, 9, 1.5, the default, 512, Infinity) and the test from node give the same result when the check is > and not >=. I changed the operator locally and the four tests of this PR still passed. The test below fails with > and passes with >=. It uses the run() helper of this PR. I ran it inside the test file of this PR at 6d5f4ea, with the build of the other branch.

it("counts the session's own origin toward maxOriginSetSize", async () => {
  // The first frame has 10 origins. With the session's own origin that is 11 entries.
  const tooSmall = await run({ maxOriginSetSize: 10 });
  expect(tooSmall.originEvents).toBe(0);
  expect(tooSmall.error?.code).toBe("ERR_HTTP2_TOO_MANY_ORIGINS");

  const exact = await run({ maxOriginSetSize: 11 });
  expect(exact.originEvents).toBe(1);
  expect(exact.maxSize).toBe(11);
  expect(exact.error?.message).toBe("The server sent more ORIGIN frames than the allowed number of 11");
});

The other branch also has a describe block with no timer. Its server sends a fixed 13 frames from the 'session' event.

The node version. The fix first shipped in v26.3.1, v24.17.0 and v22.23.0 (the security release of 2026-06-18), not in v26.4.0. lib/internal/http2/core.js has kMaxOriginSetSize at each of those tags and not at v26.3.0. The title, the body and the test comment of this PR say 26.4.0.

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