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GHSA-xrjj-mj9h-534m

GitHub Security Advisory

golang.org/x/net/http2 vulnerable to possible excessive memory growth

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

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 attacker sending very large keys can cause the server to allocate approximately 64 MiB per open connection.

Affected Packages

Go golang.org/x/net/http2
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 0.4.0)
Go golang.org/x/net
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 0.4.0)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-xrjj-mj9h-534m
Published
December 8, 2022 9:30 PM
Last Modified
May 20, 2024 9:41 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Go
Primary Package
golang.org/x/net/http2
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 17, 2025 2:40 PM

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