CVE-2026-32281 | BDVDB-2026-325666 Detail

Go standard librarycrypto/x509

Description#

Validating certificate chains which use policies is unexpectedly inefficient when certificates in the chain contain a very large number of policy mappings, possibly causing denial of service. This only affects validation of otherwise trusted certificate chains, issued by a root CA in the VerifyOptions.Roots CertPool, or in the system certificate pool.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact none, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-04-08Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-04-13Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-04-08
Last modified: 2026-04-13

Vendor information

Vendor: Go standard library
Product: crypto/x509

All Go standard library vulnerabilities

Score

7.5 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 30.2.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 1.25.9
Fixed
1.25.9
Vulnerable
>= 1.26.0-0 and < 1.26.2
Fixed
1.26.2

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

7.5 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity	None
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).