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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: BIT-golang-2021-44716

net/http in Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 allows uncontrolled memory consumption in the header canonicalization cache via HTTP/2 requests.

Products
golang
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.16.12, 1.17.5
CVEs
CVE-2021-44716
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 19:49 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

BIT-golang-2021-44716

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Mar 2024, 11:03 UTC

net/http in Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 allows uncontrolled memory consumption in the header canonicalization cache via HTTP/2 requests.

osv:BIT-golang-2021-44716

golang

Fixed versions: 1.16.12, 1.17.5

Complete source record
{
  "id": "d97f7d95084307904e54777f4a68aaa6dcbdc3ec820ff061e9b7162648e9df5a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-golang-2021-44716",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "BIT-golang-2021-44716",
    "summary": "net/http in Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 allows uncontrolled memory consumption in the header canonicalization cache via HTTP/2 requests.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-golang-2021-44716",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "golang",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.16.12",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "1.17.5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-golang-2021-44716",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-golang-2021-44716",
        "CVE-2021-44716",
        "GHSA-vc3p-29h2-gpcp",
        "GO-2022-0288"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.16.12"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "1.17.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.17.5"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "golang",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/golang",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V3",
              "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/golang/BIT-golang-2021-44716.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-16T09:45:09.443850153Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/hcmEScgc00k",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00016.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00017.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220121-0002/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44716"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "High"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-44716",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 338178,
  "published_at": "2024-03-06T11:03:30.095+00:00"
}