CVE-2026-84445
gRPC-Go: Denial of Service (DoS) via crash due to missing `:authority` and `Host` headers in the xDS servers
Description
gRPC-Go is the Go language implementation of gRPC. Prior to 1.82.2 and 1.83.2, servers created with xds.NewGRPCServer() allow internal/transport/http2_server.go to accept an RPC containing neither the :authority header nor the Host header, while RouteAndProcess in internal/xds/server/routing.go assumes that an authority value exists and indexes the empty slice. A remote client that can complete transport connection establishment can trigger an index-out-of-bounds panic that is not recovered by the per-RPC goroutine and terminates the entire server process. In insecure or ordinary TLS deployments the request can be unauthenticated, while strict mTLS or ALTS deployments require valid transport credentials before the malformed RPC can reach the interceptor. This issue is fixed in versions 1.82.2 and 1.83.2.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 14, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 14, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | |||||
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update gRPC-Go to version 1.83.2 or later.
- Apply patches to the HTTP/2 transport layer.
- Reject requests missing authority and Host headers.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Sep. 14, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description gRPC-Go is the Go language implementation of gRPC. Prior to 1.82.2 and 1.83.2, servers created with xds.NewGRPCServer() allow internal/transport/http2_server.go to accept an RPC containing neither the :authority header nor the Host header, while RouteAndProcess in internal/xds/server/routing.go assumes that an authority value exists and indexes the empty slice. A remote client that can complete transport connection establishment can trigger an index-out-of-bounds panic that is not recovered by the per-RPC goroutine and terminates the entire server process. In insecure or ordinary TLS deployments the request can be unauthenticated, while strict mTLS or ALTS deployments require valid transport credentials before the malformed RPC can reach the interceptor. This issue is fixed in versions 1.82.2 and 1.83.2. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CWE CWE-129 Added CWE CWE-248 Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/84xxx/CVE-2026-84445.json">CVE-2026-84445</a> Added Reference https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/commit/3822494d8ea03b992c089fd2a195f041762fffb7 Added Reference https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/commit/8668b69c167df908b6b3666dcbf40992b9e932a4 Added Reference https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/commit/93e31b48545e2a8aaeb6e06b47fb249f94e6297f Added Reference https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/issues/9354 Added Reference https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/9365 Added Reference https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/9366 Added Reference https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/9367 Added Reference https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/releases/tag/v1.82.2 Added Reference https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/releases/tag/v1.83.2 Added Reference https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/security/advisories/GHSA-2v4p-qf9q-27wj -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Sep. 14, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-84445', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'yes'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-09-14T16:36:00.554548Z'}