CVE-2023-54365: golang go Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-54365 is a high (CVSS 8.7) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in golang go. EPSS estimates a 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 1 · Downstream 0 · Related 1Timeline
- 23-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Traefik before 2.10.5 and 3.0.0-beta4 is affected by a denial-of-service vulnerability in HTTP/2 request handling inherited from the Go standard library's HTTP/2 implementation (CVE-2023-44487 / CVE-2023-39325, the 'Rapid Reset' technique). A remote attacker can rapidly create and cancel HTTP/2 streams to exhaust server resources and cause service unavailability.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated8.7HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated8.7HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated8.7HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- NVDNIST8.7HighCVSS: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
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.77%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
55%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.77% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
- CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingThe product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.
Affected systems
Chainguard10 products
- katib-earlystopping< 0.19.0-r31
- katib-suggestion-goptuna-compat< 0.19.0-r40
- katib-suggestion-hyperband< 0.19.0-r31
- katib-suggestion-hyperopt< 0.19.0-r40 | < 0.19.0-r31
- katib-suggestion-nas-darts< 0.19.0-r31
Wolfi10 products
- katib-earlystopping< 0.19.0-r31
- katib-suggestion-goptuna-compat< 0.19.0-r40
- katib-suggestion-hyperband< 0.19.0-r31
- katib-suggestion-hyperopt< 0.19.0-r40 | < 0.19.0-r31
- katib-suggestion-nas-darts< 0.19.0-r31
Github.com/traefik1 product
- traefik< 2.10.5 | ≥ 3.0.0-beta1, < 3.0.0-beta4
Golang1 product
- go< 1.20.10 | ≥ 1.21.0, < 1.21.3
Redhat1 product
Traefik1 product
- traefikEOL≥ 3.0.0-beta1, < 3.0.0-beta4 | < 2.10.5 | 3.0.0:beta1 | 3.0.0:beta2 | 3.0.0:beta3
6 vendors · 24 products
References
9 links- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/traefik-denial-of-service-via-http-2-request-handlingThird Party AdvisoryAdvisoryWEB
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54365VDB EntryX Refsource REDHATAdvisoryWEBThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2491710Issue TrackingX Refsource REDHATREPORTWEBThird Party Advisory
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-54365.jsonX Sadp Csaf VexWEBThird Party Advisory
- github.com/traefik/traefikPACKAGE