Resource exhaustion in Golang Go
CVE-2026-32280
During chain building, the amount of work that is done is not correctly limited when a large number of intermediate certificates are passed in VerifyOptions.Intermediates, which can lead to a denial of service. This affects both direct users of crypto/x509 and users of crypto/tls.
EPSS: 0.006 (45.9th 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
- Golang Go
- Go Standard Library Crypto/x509 — versions 0, 1.26.0-0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@golang.org (Patch)
- security@golang.org (Issue Tracking)
- security@golang.org (Mailing List, Release Notes)
- security@golang.org (Vendor Advisory)
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-32280?
- CVE-2026-32280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Golang Go, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-04-08.
- How severe is CVE-2026-32280?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.