CVE-2026-33818 (GCVE-0-2026-33818)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 21:58 – Updated: 2026-08-14 16:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Enforce maximum recursion depth in encoding/asn1
Summary
Enforce a recursion limit in Unmarshal to prevent stack exhaustion when parsing deeply-nested, recursive structures.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-14 15:11 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go standard library | encoding/asn1 |
Affected:
0 , < 1.25.13
(semver)
Affected: 1.26.0-0 , < 1.26.6 (semver) Affected: 1.27.0-0 , < 1.27.0-rc.3 (semver) |
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Nomenclature
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