CVE-2026-46601 (GCVE-0-2026-46601)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 19:47 – Updated: 2026-06-26 16:09
VLAI
Title
Panic on VP8 alpha channel size mismatch in x/image/webp in golang.org/x/image
Summary
The webp decoder can panic when processing a VP8 chunk with dimensions that do not match the canvas size.
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 2026-06-26 16:08 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Go CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard E 42/100 over 76 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
golang.org/x/image golang.org/x/image/webp Affected: 0 , < 0.43.0 (semver)
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Credits
Lucas Futures (GitHub: gn00295120)
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