High severity · published Jun 11, 2025
CVE-2025-22874
Usage of ExtKeyUsageAny disables policy validation in crypto/x509
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Calling Verify with a VerifyOptions.KeyUsages that contains ExtKeyUsageAny unintentionally disabledpolicy validation. This only affected certificate chains which contain policy graphs, which are rather uncommon.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CR
crypto/x509 · Go standard library
1.24.0-0 before 1.24.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22874
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22874
go.dev
https://go.dev/cl/670375
go.dev
https://go.dev/issue/73612
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/ufZ8WpEsA3A
pkg.go.dev
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3749
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