Resource exhaustion in Golang Go
CVE-2022-41717
An attacker can cause excessive memory growth in a Go server accepting HTTP/2 requests. HTTP/2 server connections contain a cache of HTTP header keys sent by the client. While the total number of entries in this cache is capped, an attacke…
EPSS: 0.056 (92.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Golang Go
- Golang Http2
- Golang.org/x/net Golang.org/x/net/http2 — versions 0
- Go Standard Library Net/http — versions 0, 1.19.0-0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37, 38
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@golang.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security@golang.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security@golang.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security@golang.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- security@golang.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@golang.org (Mailing List)
- security@golang.org (Mailing List)
- security@golang.org (Mailing List)
- security@golang.org
- security@golang.org
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-41717?
- CVE-2022-41717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Golang Go, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-12-08.
- How severe is CVE-2022-41717?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-41717 known to be exploited?
- 14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.