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CVE-2026-27145

Inefficient candidate hostname parsing in crypto/x509

Published: Jun 2, 2026Updated: Aug 7, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-606
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 55.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

(*x509.Certificate).VerifyHostname previously called matchHostnames in a loop over all DNS Subject Alternative Name (SAN) entries. This caused strings.Split(host, ".") to execute repeatedly on the same input hostname. With a large DNS SAN list, verification costs scaled quadratically based on the number of SAN entries multiplied by the hostname's label count. Because x509.Verify validates hostnames before building the certificate chain, this overhead occurred even for untrusted certificates.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-606

Affected Products

Go standard library
oss-project·USaka crypto/x509, html/template, net/http, golang standard library
crypto/x509LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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References

https://go.dev/cl/783621
go.dev
https://go.dev/issue/79694
go.dev
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/tKs3rmcBcKw
groups.google.com
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