7.5
High
CVE-2026-78669 A malicious HTTP/2 peer can cause excessive CPU consumption in the client or server by opening a large number of streams…
Description
A malicious HTTP/2 peer can cause excessive CPU consumption in the client or server by opening a large number of streams and then sending many small SETTINGS frames containing SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE values.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| net/http 1.26 | earliest → < 1.26.9 | 1.26.9 |
| net/http/internal/http2 1.27 | 1.27.0-0 → < 1.27.2 | 1.27.2 |
| golang.org/x/net/http2 0.60 | earliest → < 0.60.0 | 0.60.0 |
References
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