Vulnerability in Go standard library net/http

[ Description ]Official description

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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund8 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-3841

  Golang Go: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  Risk mediumCVE-2026-94439CVE-2026-56866CVE-2026-94447+12 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• go.dev/cl/847185
• go.dev/cl/847314
• go.dev/issue/81857
• groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/U2fTuyDJznI
• groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/ZPwCyRUuGBs
• pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6603