CVE-2025-22871: Request smuggling due to acceptance of invalid chunked data in net/http
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-22871 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in go standard library net/http/internal. EPSS estimates a 0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.1 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 339Showing 100 of 340.
Timeline
- 08-04-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 12-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The net/http package improperly accepts a bare LF as a line terminator in chunked data chunk-size lines. This can permit request smuggling if a net/http server is used in conjunction with a server that incorrectly accepts a bare LF as part of a chunk-ext.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 8 sources · 1 version- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVDNIST9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.84%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
58%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.03 pp
From 0.81% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard199 products
- aactl< 0.4.12-r30
- actions-runner-controller< 0.11.0-r1
- actions-runner-controller-compat< 0.11.0-r1
- actions-runner-controller-fips< 0.11.0-r1
- actions-runner-controller-fips-compat< 0.11.0-r1
Alpine1 product
- go< 1.23.8-r0 | < 1.24.2-r0
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