VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-61723
The processing time for parsing some invalid inputs scales non-linearly with respect to the size of the input.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.62%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The processing time for parsing some invalid inputs scales non-linearly with respect to the size of the input. This affects programs which parse untrusted PEM inputs.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.62% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- golang/go
- Source
- security@golang.org
References
- https://go.dev/cl/709858Patch
- https://go.dev/issue/75676Issue Tracking
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/4Emdl2iQ_bIMailing List, Release Notes
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-4009Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/08/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.