Vulnerability in Go Standard Library Net/http

CVE-2025-58186

Despite HTTP headers having a default limit of 1MB, the number of cookies that can be parsed does not have a limit. By sending a lot of very small cookies such as "a=;", an attacker can make an HTTP server allocate a large amount of structs, causing large memory consumption.

EPSS: 0.005 (42.2th 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-58186?
CVE-2025-58186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Go Standard Library Net/http, classified under CWE-400: UNCONTROLLED RESOURCE CONSUMPTION. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2025-58186?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.