CVE-2022-30635 (GCVE-0-2022-30635)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-09 20:16 – Updated: 2026-03-06 17:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Stack exhaustion when decoding certain messages in encoding/gob
Summary
Uncontrolled recursion in Decoder.Decode in encoding/gob before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via a message which contains deeply nested structures.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-06 17:44 UTC
CWE
- CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go standard library | encoding/gob |
Affected:
0 , < 1.17.12
(semver)
Affected: 1.18.0-0 , < 1.18.4 (semver) |
guessed |
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