# CVE-2026-84304: gRPC-Go: Heap Memory Exhaustion (OOM) via HTTP/2 DATA Frame Fragmentation

- Also known as: GHSA-VP52-PCJ8-J9QC, GO-2026-6348
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.83.1
- Published: 2026-09-01 · Updated: 2026-09-01

## Affected

- grpc grpc-go: fixed in 1.83.1
- google.golang.org/grpc (Go): fixed in 1.83.1

## Description

gRPC-Go is the Go language implementation of gRPC. Prior to 1.83.1, internal/transport/transport.go stores each fragmented HTTP/2 DATA frame as a separate recvMsg in recvBuffer, so millions of one-byte frames can consume disproportionate heap memory even when payload bytes remain within connection and stream flow-control windows. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use concurrent multiplexed streams to exhaust process memory and cause a runtime panic or out-of-memory termination. Receive-buffer compaction is enabled by default and can be controlled temporarily with GRPC_GO_EXPERIMENTAL_ENABLE_RECEIVE_BUFFER_COMPACTION. This issue is fixed in version 1.83.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on grpc grpc-go, google.golang.org/grpc, upgrade to a fixed version (1.83.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/security/advisories/GHSA-vp52-pcj8-j9qc
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/9331
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/9333
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/commit/7354d9c8debb4bcf2225bf429857078de310c176
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/commit/8cfeca0e1ee5ea0980dcc320e20240fa1079ec77
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/releases/tag/v1.83.1

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