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.

Dates

Published: 2026-04-08 · Last Modified: 2026-04-08

Weaknesses

References

• https://go.dev/cl/758320
• https://go.dev/issue/78282
• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0uYbvbPZRWU
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4947