CVE-2017-1000098: golang go
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-1000098 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in golang go. EPSS estimates a 2.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 04-10-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The net/http package's Request.ParseMultipartForm method starts writing to temporary files once the request body size surpasses the given "maxMemory" limit. It was possible for an attacker to generate a multipart request crafted such that the server ran out of file descriptors.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.08%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
82%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.08% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- golang< 2:1.0.2-1.1+deb7u1
Go1 product
- stdlib≥ 1.7.0-0, < 1.7.4
Golang1 product
- go< 1.6.4 | ≥ 1.7, < 1.7.4
Ubuntu1 product
- golang-1.6All versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 4 products
References
10 links- groups.google.com/forum/X Refsource CONFIRM
- groups.google.com/forum/REPORT
- go.dev/issue/16296REPORT