diff --git a/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.qhelp b/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.qhelp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf1e9802005e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.qhelp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<!DOCTYPE qhelp PUBLIC
+  "-//Semmle//qhelp//EN"
+  "qhelp.dtd">
+<qhelp>
+
+<overview>
+<p>
+Memory allocation size from user-controlled data can allow an attacker to uses a lot of
+ server memory. This can result the server is unavailable or crash due to failure to allocate huge memory.
+</p>
+</overview>
+
+
+<references>
+<li>OWASP: <a href="https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Denial_of_Service"> Denial_of_Service</a>.</li>
+</references>
+</qhelp>
diff --git a/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.ql b/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.ql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1f7674fdfb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/**
+ * @name User-controlled size of a memory allocation operation
+ * @description Allowing a user to influence the size of a memory allocation could lead to denial of service attacks
+ * @kind path-problem
+ * @problem.severity error
+ * @id go/allow-memory-size-injection
+ * @tag security
+ *      experimental
+ *      external/cwe/cwe-023
+ */
+
+import go
+import semmle.go.security.AllocationSizeOverflow
+import semmle.go.frameworks.Stdlib
+import DataFlow::PathGraph
+
+abstract class Source extends DataFlow::Node { }
+
+abstract class Sanitizer extends DataFlow::Node { }
+
+private SsaWithFields getAComparedVar() {
+  exists(RelationalComparisonExpr e |
+    not e.getLesserOperand().isConst() or e.getLesserOperand().getIntValue() != 0
+  |
+    result.getAUse().asExpr() = e.getGreaterOperand()
+  )
+}
+
+class CompSanitizer extends Sanitizer {
+  CompSanitizer() { this = getAComparedVar().similar().getAUse() }
+}
+
+class FieldReadSanitizer extends Sanitizer {
+  FieldReadSanitizer() {
+    exists(DataFlow::FieldReadNode f |
+      f.asExpr() = any(RelationalComparisonExpr e).getGreaterOperand()
+    |
+      this.asInstruction() = f.asInstruction().getASuccessor+()
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+private predicate compCheckGuard(DataFlow::Node g, Expr e, boolean outcome) {
+  e = g.(DataFlow::RelationalComparisonNode).getAnOperand().asExpr() and
+  outcome = [true, false]
+}
+
+class CompSanitizerGuard extends Sanitizer {
+  CompSanitizerGuard() { this = DataFlow::BarrierGuard<compCheckGuard/3>::getABarrierNode() }
+}
+
+string macaronContextPath() { result = package("gopkg.in/macaron", "") }
+
+class UntrustedFlowAsSource extends Source instanceof UntrustedFlowSource { }
+
+class MacaronInputSource extends Source, DataFlow::MethodCallNode {
+  MacaronInputSource() {
+    this.getTarget().hasQualifiedName(macaronContextPath(), "Context", ["QueryInt", "QueryInt64"])
+  }
+}
+
+class Configuration extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
+  Configuration() { this = "MemoryAllocationDos" }
+
+  override predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) {
+    sink instanceof AllocationSizeOverflow::AllocationSize
+  }
+
+  override predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node source) { source instanceof Source }
+
+  override predicate isAdditionalTaintStep(DataFlow::Node node1, DataFlow::Node node2) {
+    exists(DataFlow::CallNode call |
+      node2 = call.getResult(0) and
+      call.getTarget() instanceof IntegerParser::Range and
+      call.getArgument(0) = node1
+    )
+  }
+
+  override predicate isSanitizer(DataFlow::Node node) {
+    super.isSanitizer(node) or
+    node instanceof Sanitizer
+  }
+}
+
+from Configuration config, DataFlow::PathNode source, DataFlow::PathNode sink
+where config.hasFlowPath(source, sink)
+select sink.getNode(), source, sink, "Untrusted memory allocation size depends on a $@.",
+  source.getNode(), "user-provided value"
diff --git a/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosBad.go b/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosBad.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82f3a800f480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosBad.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+type testStruct struct {
+	PageSize int
+}
+
+
+func serve_bad() {
+	http.HandleFunc("/user", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
+		c, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count"))
+		_ = make([]int, c)
+
+		d, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count2"))
+		if(d <= 0){
+			d = 20
+		}
+		_ = make([]int, d)
+
+		e, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count3"))
+		if(e > 0){
+			// some extra operation
+		}
+		_ = make([]int, e)
+
+	})
+	http.ListenAndServe(":80", nil)
+}
diff --git a/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosGood.go b/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosGood.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1fdeef401a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/ql/src/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosGood.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+type testStruct struct {
+	PageSize int
+}
+
+
+func getInt(r *http.Request) int {
+	ret, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count3"))
+	return ret
+}
+
+func serve_good() {
+	http.HandleFunc("/user", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
+		c, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count"))
+		if c > 200 {
+			c = 200
+		}
+		_ = make([]int, c)
+
+		f, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count4"))
+		if(f < 20){
+			_ = make([]int, f)
+		}
+
+	})
+	http.ListenAndServe(":80", nil)
+}
diff --git a/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.expected b/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55300caa56f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+edges
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:16:24:16:29 | selection of Form | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:17:19:17:19 | c |
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:19:24:19:29 | selection of Form | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:23:19:23:19 | d |
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:25:24:25:29 | selection of Form | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:29:19:29:19 | e |
+nodes
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:16:24:16:29 | selection of Form | semmle.label | selection of Form |
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:17:19:17:19 | c | semmle.label | c |
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:19:24:19:29 | selection of Form | semmle.label | selection of Form |
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:23:19:23:19 | d | semmle.label | d |
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:25:24:25:29 | selection of Form | semmle.label | selection of Form |
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:29:19:29:19 | e | semmle.label | e |
+subpaths
+#select
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:17:19:17:19 | c | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:16:24:16:29 | selection of Form | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:17:19:17:19 | c | Untrusted memory allocation size depends on a $@. | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:16:24:16:29 | selection of Form | user-provided value |
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:23:19:23:19 | d | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:19:24:19:29 | selection of Form | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:23:19:23:19 | d | Untrusted memory allocation size depends on a $@. | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:19:24:19:29 | selection of Form | user-provided value |
+| MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:29:19:29:19 | e | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:25:24:25:29 | selection of Form | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:29:19:29:19 | e | Untrusted memory allocation size depends on a $@. | MemoryAllocationDosBad.go:25:24:25:29 | selection of Form | user-provided value |
diff --git a/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.qlref b/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.qlref
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f663cd9bce72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.qlref
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDos.ql
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosBad.go b/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosBad.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82f3a800f480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosBad.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+type testStruct struct {
+	PageSize int
+}
+
+
+func serve_bad() {
+	http.HandleFunc("/user", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
+		c, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count"))
+		_ = make([]int, c)
+
+		d, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count2"))
+		if(d <= 0){
+			d = 20
+		}
+		_ = make([]int, d)
+
+		e, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count3"))
+		if(e > 0){
+			// some extra operation
+		}
+		_ = make([]int, e)
+
+	})
+	http.ListenAndServe(":80", nil)
+}
diff --git a/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosGood.go b/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosGood.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4205c4ab7e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/ql/test/experimental/CWE-20/MemoryAllocationDosGood.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+type testStruct struct {
+	PageSize int
+}
+
+
+func getInt(r *http.Request) int {
+	ret, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count3"))
+	return ret
+}
+
+func serve_good() {
+	http.HandleFunc("/user", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
+		c, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.Form.Get("count"))
+		if c > 200 {
+			c = 200
+		}
+		_ = make([]int, c)
+
+	})
+	http.ListenAndServe(":80", nil)
+}