CVE-2026-42499
Quadratic string concatenation in consumePhrase in net/mail
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- May 7, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 28, 2026
Description
Pathological inputs could cause DoS through consumePhrase when parsing an email address according to RFC 5322.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat-SADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1046 Creation of Immutable Text Using String Concatenation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
net/mailGo standard library |
|
References
- https://go.dev/issue/78987
- https://go.dev/cl/771520
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/qcCIEXso47M
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4977
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42499vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2467809issue-tracking
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42499.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68334vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50319vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59830vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65838vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56785vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56910vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56852vendor-advisory
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57482vendor-advisory
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