CVE-2025-61727 (GCVE-0-2025-61727)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-03 19:37 – Updated: 2025-12-03 22:06
VLAI
Title
Improper application of excluded DNS name constraints when verifying wildcard names in crypto/x509
Summary
An excluded subdomain constraint in a certificate chain does not restrict the usage of wildcard SANs in the leaf certificate. For example a constraint that excludes the subdomain test.example.com does not prevent a leaf certificate from claiming the SAN *.example.com.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
Go
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Go standard library crypto/x509 Affected: 0 , < 1.24.11 (semver)
Affected: 1.25.0 , < 1.25.5 (semver)
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