CVE-2026-78660

HTTP/2 transport accepts malformed framing-related headers in net/http

Published Oct 8, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Historically, we have been rather lax about malformed framing-related headers in our HTTP/2 implementation, as they cannot interfere with HTTP/2 framing. However, this makes it possible for our HTTP/2 implementation to forward responses containing such headers to an HTTP/1 client when acting as a reverse proxy. If the HTTP/1 client also does not behave strictly enough, this can result in response smuggling.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8935-1 Go vulnerabilities
History
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Weaknesses CWE-20
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Weaknesses CWE-444
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library net/http
Go Standard Library net/http2
Vendors & Products Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library net/http
Go Standard Library net/http2
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Weaknesses CWE-20
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Description Historically, we have been rather lax about malformed framing-related headers in our HTTP/2 implementation, as they cannot interfere with HTTP/2 framing. However, this makes it possible for our HTTP/2 implementation to forward responses containing such headers to an HTTP/1 client when acting as a reverse proxy. If the HTTP/1 client also does not behave strictly enough, this can result in response smuggling.
Title HTTP/2 transport accepts malformed framing-related headers in net/http
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Go
Published
Updated
Oct 9, 2026, 4:23 PM
Reserved
Aug 24, 2026, 11:36 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 8, 2026, 11:17 PM
Modified
Oct 9, 2026, 5:16 PM