diff --git a/src/net/http/cgi/host.go b/src/net/http/cgi/host.go
index 9b4d875..3f1600b 100644
--- a/src/net/http/cgi/host.go
+++ b/src/net/http/cgi/host.go
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@
 
 	for k, v := range req.Header {
 		k = strings.Map(upperCaseAndUnderscore, k)
+		if k == "PROXY" {
+			// See Issue 16405
+			continue
+		}
 		joinStr := ", "
 		if k == "COOKIE" {
 			joinStr = "; "
diff --git a/src/net/http/cgi/host_test.go b/src/net/http/cgi/host_test.go
index 3327764..2783fe1 100644
--- a/src/net/http/cgi/host_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/cgi/host_test.go
@@ -34,15 +34,18 @@
 	return req
 }
 
-func runCgiTest(t *testing.T, h *Handler, httpreq string, expectedMap map[string]string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+func runCgiTest(t *testing.T, h *Handler,
+	httpreq string,
+	expectedMap map[string]string, checks ...func(reqInfo map[string]string)) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
 	rw := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	req := newRequest(httpreq)
 	h.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
-	runResponseChecks(t, rw, expectedMap)
+	runResponseChecks(t, rw, expectedMap, checks...)
 	return rw
 }
 
-func runResponseChecks(t *testing.T, rw *httptest.ResponseRecorder, expectedMap map[string]string) {
+func runResponseChecks(t *testing.T, rw *httptest.ResponseRecorder,
+	expectedMap map[string]string, checks ...func(reqInfo map[string]string)) {
 	// Make a map to hold the test map that the CGI returns.
 	m := make(map[string]string)
 	m["_body"] = rw.Body.String()
@@ -80,6 +83,9 @@
 			t.Errorf("for key %q got %q; expected %q", key, got, expected)
 		}
 	}
+	for _, check := range checks {
+		check(m)
+	}
 }
 
 var cgiTested, cgiWorks bool
@@ -235,6 +241,31 @@
 		expectedMap)
 }
 
+// Issue 16405: CGI+http.Transport differing uses of HTTP_PROXY.
+// Verify we don't set the HTTP_PROXY environment variable.
+// Hope nobody was depending on it. It's not a known header, though.
+func TestDropProxyHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	check(t)
+	h := &Handler{
+		Path: "testdata/test.cgi",
+	}
+	expectedMap := map[string]string{
+		"env-REQUEST_URI":     "/myscript/bar?a=b",
+		"env-SCRIPT_FILENAME": "testdata/test.cgi",
+		"env-HTTP_X_FOO":      "a",
+	}
+	runCgiTest(t, h, "GET /myscript/bar?a=b HTTP/1.0\n"+
+		"X-Foo: a\n"+
+		"Proxy: should_be_stripped\n"+
+		"Host: example.com\n\n",
+		expectedMap,
+		func(reqInfo map[string]string) {
+			if v, ok := reqInfo["env-HTTP_PROXY"]; ok {
+				t.Errorf("HTTP_PROXY = %q; should be absent", v)
+			}
+		})
+}
+
 func TestPathInfoNoRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	check(t)
 	h := &Handler{
diff --git a/src/net/http/transport.go b/src/net/http/transport.go
index 1e3ea11..794b786 100644
--- a/src/net/http/transport.go
+++ b/src/net/http/transport.go
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@
 	}
 	if proxy == "" {
 		proxy = httpProxyEnv.Get()
+		if proxy != "" && os.Getenv("REQUEST_METHOD") != "" {
+			return nil, errors.New("net/http: refusing to use HTTP_PROXY value in CGI environment; see golang.org/s/cgihttpproxy")
+		}
 	}
 	if proxy == "" {
 		return nil, nil
diff --git a/src/net/http/transport_test.go b/src/net/http/transport_test.go
index d9da078..381432e 100644
--- a/src/net/http/transport_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/transport_test.go
@@ -1985,7 +1985,8 @@
 
 	env      string // HTTP_PROXY
 	httpsenv string // HTTPS_PROXY
-	noenv    string // NO_RPXY
+	noenv    string // NO_PROXY
+	reqmeth  string // REQUEST_METHOD
 
 	want    string
 	wanterr error
@@ -2009,6 +2010,10 @@
 		space()
 		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "no_proxy=%q", t.noenv)
 	}
+	if t.reqmeth != "" {
+		space()
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "request_method=%q", t.reqmeth)
+	}
 	req := "http://example.com"
 	if t.req != "" {
 		req = t.req
@@ -2032,6 +2037,12 @@
 	{req: "https://secure.tld/", env: "http.proxy.tld", httpsenv: "secure.proxy.tld", want: "http://secure.proxy.tld"},
 	{req: "https://secure.tld/", env: "http.proxy.tld", httpsenv: "https://secure.proxy.tld", want: "https://secure.proxy.tld"},
 
+	// Issue 16405: don't use HTTP_PROXY in a CGI environment,
+	// where HTTP_PROXY can be attacker-controlled.
+	{env: "http://10.1.2.3:8080", reqmeth: "POST",
+		want:    "<nil>",
+		wanterr: errors.New("net/http: refusing to use HTTP_PROXY value in CGI environment; see golang.org/s/cgihttpproxy")},
+
 	{want: "<nil>"},
 
 	{noenv: "example.com", req: "http://example.com/", env: "proxy", want: "<nil>"},
@@ -2047,6 +2058,7 @@
 		os.Setenv("HTTP_PROXY", tt.env)
 		os.Setenv("HTTPS_PROXY", tt.httpsenv)
 		os.Setenv("NO_PROXY", tt.noenv)
+		os.Setenv("REQUEST_METHOD", tt.reqmeth)
 		ResetCachedEnvironment()
 		reqURL := tt.req
 		if reqURL == "" {