Vulnerability in Go Standard Library Encoding/gob

CVE-2024-34156

Calling Decoder.Decode on a message which contains deeply nested structures can cause a panic due to stack exhaustion. This is a follow-up to CVE-2022-30635.

EPSS: 0.011 (63.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-34156?
CVE-2024-34156 is a high-severity vulnerability in Go Standard Library Encoding/gob, classified under CWE-674: UNCONTROLLED RECURSION. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2024-34156?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-34156 known to be exploited?
10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.