Description
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.
Published: 2026-04-08
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Patch
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History

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Golang
Golang go
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Golang
Golang go

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library crypto/x509
Vendors & Products Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library crypto/x509

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-770
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Unexpected work during chain building in crypto/x509
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Go Standard Library Crypto/x509
Golang Go
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:46:47.347Z

Reserved: 2026-03-11T16:38:46.555Z

Link: CVE-2026-32280

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-08T02:16:03.247

Modified: 2026-04-16T19:16:42.180

Link: CVE-2026-32280

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-04-08T01:06:58Z

Links: CVE-2026-32280 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-09T08:28:12Z

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