CVE-2026-56860 (GCVE-0-2026-56860)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 21:58 – Updated: 2026-08-14 16:14
VLAI
Title
Avoid quadratic complexity in resolvePath in net/url
Summary
Previously, resolving relative paths containing parent directory ('..') segments performed string conversions and buffer rewrites on each step, resulting in quadratic time complexity and high memory allocation overhead. Now, path resolution operates on a byte buffer using index-based backtracking for '..' segments, eliminating the quadratic time complexity and significantly reducing memory allocations.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-14 16:14 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Go standard library net/url Affected: 0 , < 1.25.13 (semver)
Affected: 1.26.0-0 , < 1.26.6 (semver)
Affected: 1.27.0-0 , < 1.27.0-rc.3 (semver)
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