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.
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
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published: 2026-10-08T22:53:59.334Z

Updated: 2026-10-09T16:23:56.092Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T23:36:15.738Z

Link: CVE-2026-78660

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-09T16:19:44.882Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-08T23:17:03.510

Modified: 2026-10-09T17:16:49.243

Link: CVE-2026-78660

cve-icon Redhat

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