Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting std/crypto/x509 package, versions <1.25.9>=1.26.0-0 <1.26.2
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- published8 Apr 2026
- disclosed7 Apr 2026
- creditJakub Ciolek
Introduced: 7 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-32280 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/crypto/x509 to version 1.25.9, 1.26.2 or higher.
Overview
std/crypto/x509 is a Go standard library package std/crypto/x509
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling.
Go Vulnerability Report:
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.