GHSA-4C5F-9MJ4-M247
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-05 15:07 – Updated: 2026-01-05 15:07
VLAI?
Summary
flagd: Multiple Go Runtime CVEs Impact Security and Availability
Details
Summary
In 2025, several vulnerabilities in the Go Standard Library were disclosed, impacting Go-based applications like flagd (the evaluation engine for OpenFeature). These CVEs primarily focus on Denial of Service (DoS) through resource exhaustion and Race Conditions in database handling.
| CVE ID | Impacted Package | Severity | Description & Impact on flagd |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-47907 | database/sql | 7.0 (High) | Race Condition: Canceling a query during a Scan call can return data from the wrong query. Critical if flagd uses SQL-based sync providers (e.g., Postgres), potentially leading to incorrect flag configurations. |
| CVE-2025-61725 | net/mail | 7.5 (High) | DoS: Inefficient complexity in ParseAddress. Attackers can provide crafted email strings with large domain literals to exhaust CPU if flagd parses email-formatted metadata. |
| CVE-2025-61723 | encoding/pem | 7.5 (High) | DoS: Quadratic complexity when parsing invalid PEM inputs. Relevant if flagd loads TLS certificates or keys via PEM files from untrusted sources. |
| CVE-2025-61729 | crypto/x509 | 7.5 (High) | Resource Exhaustion: HostnameError.Error() lacks string concatenation limits. A malicious TLS certificate with thousands of hostnames could crash flagd during connection handshakes. |
| CVE-2025-58188 | net/http | Medium | Request Smuggling: Improper header handling in HTTP/1.1. Could allow attackers to bypass security filters positioned in front of flagd sync or evaluation APIs. |
| CVE-2025-58187 | archive/zip | Medium | DoS: Improper validation of malformed ZIP archives. Impacts flagd if configured to fetch and unpack zipped configuration bundles from remote providers. |
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/open-feature/flagd/core"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.13.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/open-feature/flagd/flagd-proxy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.8.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/open-feature/flagd/flagd"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.13.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20",
"CWE-362",
"CWE-400",
"CWE-407",
"CWE-444",
"CWE-770"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-05T15:07:05Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "### Summary\nIn 2025, several vulnerabilities in the Go Standard Library were disclosed, impacting Go-based applications like flagd (the evaluation engine for OpenFeature). These CVEs primarily focus on Denial of Service (DoS) through resource exhaustion and Race Conditions in database handling. \n\n| CVE ID | Impacted Package | Severity | Description \u0026 Impact on flagd |\n| -- | -- | -- | -- |\n| CVE-2025-47907 | database/sql | 7.0 (High) | Race Condition: Canceling a query during a Scan call can return data from the wrong query. Critical if flagd uses SQL-based sync providers (e.g., Postgres), potentially leading to incorrect flag configurations. |\n| CVE-2025-61725 | net/mail | 7.5 (High) | DoS: Inefficient complexity in ParseAddress. Attackers can provide crafted email strings with large domain literals to exhaust CPU if flagd parses email-formatted metadata. |\n| CVE-2025-61723 | encoding/pem | 7.5 (High) | DoS: Quadratic complexity when parsing invalid PEM inputs. Relevant if flagd loads TLS certificates or keys via PEM files from untrusted sources. |\n| CVE-2025-61729 | crypto/x509 | 7.5 (High) | Resource Exhaustion: HostnameError.Error() lacks string concatenation limits. A malicious TLS certificate with thousands of hostnames could crash flagd during connection handshakes. |\n| CVE-2025-58188 | net/http | Medium | Request Smuggling: Improper header handling in HTTP/1.1. Could allow attackers to bypass security filters positioned in front of flagd sync or evaluation APIs. |\n| CVE-2025-58187 | archive/zip | Medium | DoS: Improper validation of malformed ZIP archives. Impacts flagd if configured to fetch and unpack zipped configuration bundles from remote providers. |",
"id": "GHSA-4c5f-9mj4-m247",
"modified": "2026-01-05T15:07:46Z",
"published": "2026-01-05T15:07:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/security/advisories/GHSA-4c5f-9mj4-m247"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/pull/1840"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/open-feature/flagd"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/releases/tag/core%2Fv0.13.1"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [],
"summary": "flagd: Multiple Go Runtime CVEs Impact Security and Availability"
}
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