Go before 1.15.15 and 1.16.x before 1.16.7 has a race condition that can lead to a net/http/httputil ReverseProxy panic upon an ErrAbortHandler abort.
CVE-2021-36221
Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.9
- EG Score
- 5.9(medium)
- EPSS
- 86.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 8, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (24)
- cve@mitrehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf
- cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
- cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/JvWG9FUUYT0
- cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/uHACNfXAZqk
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00016.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00017.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MU47VKTNXX33ZDLTI2ORRUY3KLJKU6G/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HM7U5JNS5WU66Q3S26PFIU2ITB2ATTQ4/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J4AMYYHGBYMIWCCR5RCDFI5RAUJOPO5L/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
- cve@mitrehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/JvWG9FUUYT0
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-36221(9)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2022:4668Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Virtualization 4.10.1 Images security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:1372Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.10.0 enhancement, security & bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:1361Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.10.0 RPM security,enhancement&bugfix update
- RHSA-2022:1276Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0.9 security update
- RHSA-2022:0577Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Windows Container Support for Red Hat OpenShift 5.0.0 [security update]
- RHSA-2022:0947Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Virtualization 4.10.0 Images security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:0561Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.9.22 security update
- RHSA-2022:0557Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.9.22 security update
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Patch Availability(13)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| stdlib | — | 1.16.7 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(8)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2021-362212021-08-20
Go before 1.15.15 and 1.16.x before 1.16.7 has a race condition that can lead to a net/http/httputil ReverseProxy panic upon an ErrAbortHandler abort.
- Red HatRHEA-2022:1596MODERATE2021-08-05
RHEA-2022:1596 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:4156MODERATE2021-08-05
RHSA-2021:4156 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:4765MODERATE2021-08-05
RHSA-2021:4765 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:4766MODERATE2021-08-05
RHSA-2021:4766 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:0855MODERATE2021-08-05
RHSA-2022:0855 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:1396MODERATE2021-08-05
RHSA-2022:1396 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:7457MODERATE2021-08-05
RHSA-2022:7457 — Moderate
Data Freshness Timeline
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