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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Go Networking Important Denial of Service USN-8089-1

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security issues in Go Networking for Ubuntu affecting versions 22.04 LTS and 24.04 LTS, requiring urgent fixes.
Several security issues were fixed in Go Networking.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Go Networking.

Software Description:

- golang-golang-x-net: Supplementary Go networking libraries

Details:

Bahruz Jabiyev, Tommaso Innocenti, Anthony Gavazzi, Steven Sprecher, and

Kaan Onarlioglu discovered that servers using Go Networking could hang

during shutdown if preempted by a fatal error. An attacker could possibly

use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu

22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-27664)

Arpad Ryszka and Jakob Ackermann discovered that a maliciously crafted

stream could cause excessive CPU usage in Go Networking's HPACK decoder. An

attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue

only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-41723)

Mohammad Thoriq Aziz discovered that Go Networking did not properly

sanitize some text nodes. An attacker could possibly use this to execute

arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-3978)

Sean Ng discovered an error in Go Networki...

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important network library go networking

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  golang-golang-x-net-dev         1:0.21.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  golang-golang-x-net-dev         1:0.0+git20211209.491a49a+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8089-1

CVE-2022-27664, CVE-2022-41723, CVE-2023-3978, CVE-2025-22872,

CVE-2025-47911, CVE-2025-58190

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8089-1

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important network library go networking

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