High severity · published Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2026-32281
Inefficient policy validation in crypto/x509
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% 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
before 1.25.9; 1.26.0-0 before 1.26.2 · source: vendor
GO
GO · Golang
before 1.25.9; 1.26.0 before 1.26.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32281
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32281
Patch
https://go.dev/cl/758061
Issue Tracking
https://go.dev/issue/78281
Issue Tracking
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0uYbvbPZRWU
Vendor Advisory
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4946
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