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CVE-2023-39325 — A malicious HTTP/2 client which rapidly creates requests and immediately resets

A malicious HTTP/2 client which rapidly creates requests and immediately resets them can cause excessive server resource consumption. While the total number of requests is bounded by the http2.Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting, resetting an in-progress request allows the attack

CVSS
EPSS
15.00% (top 64.80%)
CWE
Published
2023-10-11T21:15:02.727Z
Last modified
2025-02-13T17:02:50.341Z
CVSS vector

01What is this vulnerability?

A malicious HTTP/2 client which rapidly creates requests and immediately resets them can cause excessive server resource consumption. While the total number of requests is bounded by the http2.Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting, resetting an in-progress request allows the attacker to create a new request while the existing one is still executing. With the fix applied, HTTP/2 servers now bound…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Go standard librarynet/http0, 1.21.0-0
golang.orgx/net / golang.org/x/net/http20

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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