CVE-2022-32149 | Denial of service via crafted Accept-Language header in golang.org/x/text/language

An attacker may cause a denial of service by crafting an Accept-Language header which ParseAcceptLanguage will take significant time to parse.

Published: 2022-10-14 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-32149 is rated Moderate Risk (55.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.43%). EPSS rose +1.37% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-32149

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 1.43% +1.37%
2 2025-11-21 0.84% 0.05% -0.79%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.84% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-32149

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-32149

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-32149

GHSA-69ch-w2m2-3vjp · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — golang.org/x/text/language Denial of service via crafted Accept-Language header

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-32149

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-32149: 2 source package rows (docker-cli-compose, gitea); 14 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 14, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-32149
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-32149 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (golang-golang-x-text), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-32149
gentoo low CVE-2022-32149: 1 GLSA(s) (202210-14), 1 atom(s) (www-apps/gitea); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-32149
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-32149
suse high — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-32149/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-32149 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (golang-golang-x-text, golang-x-text), 27 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 11, not-affected 5, released 5, ignored 4, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-32149

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-32149

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
golang text < 0.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:golang:text:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-32149

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