gRPC-Go: Heap Memory Exhaustion (OOM) via HTTP/2 DATA Frame Fragmentation (grpc grpc-go)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.61 % · percentile 49 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
gRPC-Go is the Go language implementation of gRPC. Prior to 1.83.1, internal/transport/transport.go stores each fragmented HTTP/2 DATA frame as a separate recvMsg in recvBuffer, so millions of one-byte frames can consume disproportionate heap memory even when payload bytes remain within connection and stream flow-control windows. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use concurrent multiplexed streams to exhaust process memory and cause a runtime panic or out-of-memory termination. Receive-buffer compaction is enabled by default and can be controlled temporarily with GRPC_GO_EXPERIMENTAL_ENABLE_RECEIVE_BUFFER_COMPACTION. This issue is fixed in version 1.83.1.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/security/advisories/GHSA-vp52-pcj8-j9qc
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/9331
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/9333
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/commit/7354d9c8debb4bcf2225bf429857078de310c176
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/commit/8cfeca0e1ee5ea0980dcc320e20240fa1079ec77
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/releases/tag/v1.83.1
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-vp52-pcj8-j9qc — gRPC-Go: Heap Memory Exhaustion (OOM) via HTTP/2 DATA Frame Fragmentation
- GO-2026-6348 — Heap Memory Exhaustion (OOM) via HTTP/2 DATA Frame Fragmentation in google.golang.org/grpc
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-69420
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-84304
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1293 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans MongoDB · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1249 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1125 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| grpc · grpc-go | affected < 1.83.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |