Google Go up to 1.12.9/1.13.0 HTTP Request request smuggling

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Google Go up to 1.12.9/1.13.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation as part of HTTP Request leads to request smuggling. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-16276. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Google Go up to 1.12.9/1.13.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a request smuggling vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-444. The product acts as an intermediary HTTP agent (such as a proxy or firewall) in the data flow between two entities such as a client and server, but it does not interpret malformed HTTP requests or responses in ways that are consistent with how the messages will be processed by those entities that are at the ultimate destination. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Go before 1.12.10 and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 allow HTTP Request Smuggling.

The weakness was shared 09/30/2019 (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-16276 since 09/12/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235604 (Tenable Sensor Proxy < 1.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2025-08)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.12.10 or 1.13.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (235604). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Programming Language Software

Vendor

• Google

Name

• Go

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.12.0
• 1.12.1
• 1.12.2
• 1.12.3
• 1.12.4
• 1.12.5
• 1.12.6
• 1.12.7
• 1.12.8
• 1.12.9
• 1.13.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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