High 7.5Published Oct 8, 2026

CVE-2026-78659HTTP/2 server memory exhaustion due to Trailer headers in net/http

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:30 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, higher than 46% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

When "Trailer" headers are sent by a client, the HTTP server internally uses the header values to populate the Request.Trailer map passed to the server handler. Because Request.Trailer is a map, each entry incurs memory overhead. For HTTP/2 servers, a malicious client can exploit this by sending a "Trailer" header that declares a large number of fields, causing the server to allocate a disproportionate amount of memory while bypassing Server.MaxHeaderValueCount and Server.MaxHeaderBytes limits. This exploit is not applicable for HTTP/1 servers, which do not support multiplexing a large number of requests over one TCP connection, and whose Server.MaxHeaderBytes are calculated differently.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-405
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.57% (percentile 46)
Assigned by: Go
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Go standard library net/http go_standard_library:net_http (from the name)	before 1.26.9	CNA record
Go standard library net/http/internal/http2 go_standard_library:net_http_internal_http2 (from the name)	from 1.27.0-0 before 1.27.2	CNA record
golang.org/x/net golang.org/x/net/http2 golang.org_x_net:http2 (from the name)	before 0.60.0	CNA record

References

https://go.dev/cl/847185
https://go.dev/cl/847314
https://go.dev/issue/81857
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/U2fTuyDJznI
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/ZPwCyRUuGBs
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6603

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