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High 7.5Published Oct 7, 2026
CVE-2026-56851Panic parsing crafted input in x/text/secure/precis in golang.org/x/text
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, higher than 25% of scored CVEs.
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The Nickname profile can panic with an out-of-bounds slice error when transforming crafted input into a short destination buffer.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.34% (percentile 25)
- Assigned by
- Go
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
golang.org/x/text golang.org/x/text/secure/precis golang.org_x_text:secure_precis (from the name) | before 0.41.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://go.dev/cl/793360
- https://go.dev/issue/80112
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6629
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