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golang.org/x/net/http/httpguts vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 20, 2024

Package

gomod golang.org/x/net (Go)

Affected versions

< 0.0.0-20210428140749-89ef3d95e781

Patched versions

0.0.0-20210428140749-89ef3d95e781

Description

golang.org/x/net/http/httpguts in Go before 1.15.12 and 1.16.x before 1.16.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a large header to ReadRequest or ReadResponse. Server, Transport, and Client can each be affected in some configurations.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 27, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Feb 8, 2023
Last updated May 20, 2024

Severity

Moderate
5.9
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-31525

GHSA ID

GHSA-h86h-8ppg-mxmh

Source code

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