VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2026-56851
The Nickname profile can panic with an out-of-bounds slice error when transforming crafted input into a short destination buffer.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Nickname profile can panic with an out-of-bounds slice error when transforming crafted input into a short destination buffer.
- 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
- 0.47% probability · 40th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Source
- security@golang.org
EPSS moved from 0.2% on 8 October 2026 to 0.5% on 26 October 2026.
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.