High severity · published Oct 8, 2026
CVE-2026-97032
HTTP/2 server crash due to HPACK encoder race in net/http
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HTTP/2 servers could end up crashing due to inadvertently modifying its HPACK encoder concurrently. This happens because the server modifies the HPACK encoder from two goroutines without synchronization: one uses the encoder to encode a HEADERS frame as part of a response sent to a client and the other modifies the encoder's table size when handling a SETTINGS frame containing SETTINGS_HEADER_TABLE_SIZE that a client sends. A malicious client can repeatedly send a request while changing the header table size to crash the server.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GO
golang.org/x/net/http2 · golang.org/x/net
before 0.60.0 · source: vendor
NE
net/http · Go standard library
before 1.26.9 · source: vendor
NE
net/http/internal/http2 · Go standard library
1.27.0-0 before 1.27.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
NE
net/http
Go standard library
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