High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2026· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2026-32281
CVE-2026-32281
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.
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References
4- go.dev/cl/758061nvdPatch
- pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4946nvdVendor Advisory
- go.dev/issue/78281nvdIssue Tracking
- groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0uYbvbPZRWUnvdRelease NotesIssue Tracking
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