Uncaught Exception Affecting std/crypto/dsa package, versions <1.12.11>=1.13.0-0 <1.13.2
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- published6 Jan 2026
- disclosed24 May 2022
- creditDaniel M, ragona
Introduced: 24 May 2022
CVE-2019-17596 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/crypto/dsa to version 1.12.11, 1.13.2 or higher.
Overview
std/crypto/dsa is a Go standard library package std/crypto/dsa
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncaught Exception.
Go Vulnerability Report:
via the dsa.Verify function. An attacker can cause a panic and potentially crash the application by submitting a crafted DSA public key or a malicious X.509 certificate chain. This can be triggered through a crypto/tls connection, by delivering malformed certificates to clients or servers that verify client certificates, or by invoking certificate signature checks in affected cryptographic processes.