High 7.5Published Oct 8, 2026

CVE-2026-78667Lack of limit on size of parsed Range headers in net/http

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:00 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, higher than 30% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

When parsing a Range header containing a large number of small ranges, FileServer(FS), ServeContent, and ServeFile(FS) can consume an excessive amount of CPU.

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-770
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.38% (percentile 30)
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; from 1.27.0-0 before 1.27.2	CNA record

References

https://go.dev/cl/847309
https://go.dev/issue/81858
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/U2fTuyDJznI
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6609

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