CVE-2025-58186
Public on 2025-10-13
Modified on 2025-10-30
Description
net/http: lack of limit when parsing cookies can cause memory exhaustion
Despite HTTP headers having a default limit of 1 MB, the number of cookies that can be parsed did not have a limit.
By sending a lot of very small cookies such as "a=;", an attacker can make an HTTP server allocate a large amount of structs, causing large memory consumption.
net/http now limits the number of cookies accepted to 3000, which can be adjusted using the httpcookiemaxnum GODEBUG option.
Despite HTTP headers having a default limit of 1 MB, the number of cookies that can be parsed did not have a limit.
By sending a lot of very small cookies such as "a=;", an attacker can make an HTTP server allocate a large amount of structs, causing large memory consumption.
net/http now limits the number of cookies accepted to 3000, which can be adjusted using the httpcookiemaxnum GODEBUG option.
Severity
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CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | amazon-cloudwatch-agent | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | amazon-cloudwatch-agent | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra | amazon-ecr-credential-helper | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | amazon-ecr-credential-helper | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | amazon-ecr-credential-helper | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | amazon-ssm-agent | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | amazon-ssm-agent | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | cni-plugins | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | cni-plugins | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra | containerd | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra | containerd | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | containerd | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | containerd | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | cri-tools | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra | docker | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra | docker | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | docker | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | docker | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | ecs-init | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | ecs-init | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | golang | 2025-10-27 | ALAS2-2025-3042 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | golang | 2025-10-27 | ALAS2023-2025-1239 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | golang-github-cpuguy83-go-md2man | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | golang-github-godbus-dbus | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | golang-github-gorilla-context | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | golang-github-kr-pty | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | golang-github-syndtr-gocapability | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | golist | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | libcap | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | nerdctl | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | nerdctl | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra | oci-add-hooks | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra | oci-add-hooks | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | oci-add-hooks | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | oci-add-hooks | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | rclone | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra | runc | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra | runc | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra | runc | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | runc | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra | runfinch-finch | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | runfinch-finch | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra | soci-snapshotter | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | soci-snapshotter | Pending Fix |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |