Improper sanitization of Transfer-Encoding headers in net/http
Priority LOW 32CWE-444Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 24 fixed, 24 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Acceptance of some invalid Transfer-Encoding headers in the HTTP/1 client in net/http before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows HTTP request smuggling if combined with an intermediate server that also improperly fails to reject the header as invalid.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01531 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial net/http (Go standard library): 1.17.12, 1.18.4Red Hat: 39 advisoriesRed Hat: 24 fixed, 24 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go standard library | net/http | before 1.17.12; 1.18.0-0 to before 1.18.4 | 1.17.12, 1.18.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- net/http VendorGo standard library Affected before 1.17.12; 1.18.0-0 to before 1.18.4 Fixed in 1.17.12, 1.18.4 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.17.12; 1.18.0 to before 1.18.4 | Vulnerable | Go standard library |
- cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.17.12; 1.18.0 to before 1.18.4 Vulnerable ·Go standard library
Remediation
- Fix · CNA net/http (Go standard library) Fixed in 1.17.12, 1.18.4
Red Hat 39 advisories
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- RHSA-2023:2758 Released 2023-05-16 · Red Hat rating Moderatecontainer-tools:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
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Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Go standard library net/http 1.17.12, 1.18.4
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-13881 Exposure of client IP addresses in net/httpPriority LOW 38
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Migration Toolkit for Virtualization | Affected | No fix yet |
| Node HealthCheck Operator | Affected | No fix yet |
| Node Maintenance Operator | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift on AWS | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Openshift Sandboxed Containers | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Software Collections | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Web Terminal | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Service Telemetry Framework 1.4 for RHEL 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| 8Base-OADP-1.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6430 |
| 8Base-RHMTC-1.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:9047 |
| CNV 4.12 for RHEL 7 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0407 |
| CNV 4.12 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0407, RHSA-2023:0408 |
| Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:5068 |
| Node Healthcheck Operator 0.3 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6187 |
| Node Maintenance Operator 4.11 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6188 |
| OSSO 1.1 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6152 |
| OpenShift Custom Metrics Autoscaler 2 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:1042 |
| RHOL 5.4 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6183 |
| RHOL 5.5 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6344 |
| RHOSSM 2.2 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6283 |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 Tools | Fixed | RHSA-2023:3642 |
| Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) | Fixed | RHSA-2022:5866 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2022:5775, RHSA-2022:7129, RHSA-2022:7519, RHSA-2022:7529, RHSA-2022:7648, RHSA-2023:2758, RHSA-2023:2802 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2022:5799, RHSA-2022:8057, RHSA-2022:8098, RHSA-2022:8250, RHSA-2023:2357 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:5068, RHSA-2022:8626 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:7398, RHSA-2022:7399 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6042 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.24 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6040 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:1275 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:1275 |
| Red Hat Service Interconnect 1 | Fixed | RHSA-2022:6113 |
| Service Telemetry Framework 1.5 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:1529 |
Not affected: 20 products
- 8Base-OADP-1.0
- 8Base-RHMTC-1.7
- CNV 4.12 for RHEL 8
- Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
- Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
- Node Healthcheck Operator 0.3 for RHEL 8
- Node Maintenance Operator 4.11 for RHEL 8
- OSSO 1.1 for RHEL 8
- OpenShift Custom Metrics Autoscaler 2
- RHOL 5.4 for RHEL 8
- RHOL 5.5 for RHEL 8
- RHOSSM 2.2 for RHEL 8
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 6.1 Tools
- Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
- Service Telemetry Framework 1.5 for RHEL 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-1705
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5hv8-7f46-fxf6
References
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Sources
- CVE-2022-1705 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-1705 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5hv8-7f46-fxf6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-1705 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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