CVE-2026-32280
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.6%
48.0th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-770
Published 2026-04-08 · modified 2026-09-18
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-04-08 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-18 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
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.
Affected
References
- https://go.dev/cl/758320
- https://go.dev/issue/78282
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0uYbvbPZRWU
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4947
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10217
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10219
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10704
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11507
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11514
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11688
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13545
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13791
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13826
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13829
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14020
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14162
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14200
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14391
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15980
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16021
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16024
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16101
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16476
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16477
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16508
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16532
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16534
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16535
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16537