USN-8900-1: Go Networking vulnerabilities — USN-8900-1

Summary

It was discovered that Go Networking did not properly handle server errors after sending a GOAWAY frame during HTTP/2 connection shutdown, which could cause the connection to hang. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-27664) It was discovered that Go Networking had quadratic complexity when decoding HPACK headers in HTTP/2 streams. A remote attacker could possibly…

Timeline

Published by source

2026-10-07

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: medium.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: Ubuntu.

Product

Ubuntu

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

USN-8900-1

Source

Ubuntu

Vendor

Ubuntu

Published by source

2026-10-07

Last source activity

2026-10-07

Additional identifiers

CVE-2022-27664

Curated by

hlukh.ch

Related advisories and connections

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