Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.15.12stdlib: security update to 1.16.4

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428554

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- net/http in Go before 1.15.12 and 1.16.x before 1.16.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (panic) via a large header to ReadRequest or ReadResponse. Server, Transport, and Client can each
be affected in some configurations. (CVE-2021-31525)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0236

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 428554

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Golang

Published: 7/21/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31525

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31525