Improper Certificate Validation Affecting go1.26-openssl-race package, versions <1.26.1-160000.1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-GO126OPENSSLRACE-16120399
  • published22 Apr 2026
  • disclosed14 Apr 2026

Introduced: 14 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-27138  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 go1.26-openssl-race to version 1.26.1-160000.1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream go1.26-openssl-race package and not the go1.26-openssl-race package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

Certificate verification can panic when a certificate in the chain has an empty DNS name and another certificate in the chain has excluded name constraints. This can crash programs that are either directly verifying X.509 certificate chains, or those that use TLS.

CVSS Base Scores

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