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CVE-2026-42504 (GCVE-0-2026-42504)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-02 22:01 – Updated: 2026-09-17 17:35
VLAI
Title
Quadratic complexity in WordDecoder.DecodeHeader in mime
Summary
Decoding a maliciously-crafted MIME header containing many invalid encoded-words can consume excessive CPU.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-03 14:05 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Go standard library mime Affected: 0 , < 1.25.11 (semver)
Affected: 1.26.0-0 , < 1.26.4 (semver)
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Credits
p4p3r (https://hackerone.com/p4p3r_hak)
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