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.
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Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Excessive CPU consumption from repeated initial window changes in net/http | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Go
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-08T22:53:59.530Z
Reserved: 2026-08-24T23:36:15.739Z
Link: CVE-2026-78669
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-08T23:17:04.010
Modified: 2026-10-08T23:17:04.010
Link: CVE-2026-78669
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