Uncaught Exception Affecting github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/protocol/eventstream package, versions <1.7.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMAWSAWSSDKGOV2AWSPROTOCOLEVENTSTREAM-16316402
  • published28 Apr 2026
  • disclosed8 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Apr 2026

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-248  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/protocol/eventstream to version 1.7.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncaught Exception via the eventstream decoder process. An attacker can cause the host process to terminate unexpectedly by sending a crafted EventStream response frame containing a header value type byte outside the valid range.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1