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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2026-56852

A norm.Iter can enter an infinite loop when handling input containing invalid UTF-8 bytes.

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

A norm.Iter can enter an infinite loop when handling input containing invalid UTF-8 bytes.

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
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-835
Source
security@golang.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.