Bug 2548339 (CVE-2026-78659) - CVE-2026-78659 net/http: golang.org/x/net/http2: golang: net/http: Denial of Service via HTTP/2 trailer header memory exhaustion
Summary: CVE-2026-78659 net/http: golang.org/x/net/http2: golang: net/http: Denial of ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-78659
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-08 23:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-02 13:13 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-08 23:01:32 UTC
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.


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