CVE-2015-5741

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.73% (86th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
13 products
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Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The net/http library in net/http/transfer.go in Go before 1.4.3 does not properly parse HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a request that contains Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding header fields.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedgolang-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538
  • Fixedgolang-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538
  • Fixedgolang-bin-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538
  • Fixedgolang-docs-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538
  • Fixedgolang-misc-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538
  • Fixedgolang-src-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538
  • Fixedgolang-tests-0:1.6.3-1.el7_2.1.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1538
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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.8–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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affected products (13)

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advisories (2)

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  • RHSA-2016:1538Red Hat Security Advisory: golang security, bug fix, and enhancement update2016-08-02csaf · redhat_csafUS

    An update for golang is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

  • GO-2021-0159Request smuggling due to improper header parsing in net/http2022-01-05vendor · osvUS

    HTTP headers were not properly parsed, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a request that contains Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding header fields.

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also known as (3)

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sources

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published 2020-02-08modified 2026-06-17
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references (23)

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