CVE-2026-39824 (GCVE-0-2026-39824)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 19:39 – Updated: 2026-05-27 13:31
VLAI
Title
Invoking integer overflow in NewNTUnicodeString in golang.org/x/sys/windows
Summary
NewNTUnicodeString does not check for string length overflow. When provided with a string that overflows the maximum size of a NTUnicodeString (a 16-bit number of bytes), it returns a truncated string rather than an error.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-27 13:31 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
Go CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard E 42/100 over 75 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
golang.org/x/sys golang.org/x/sys/windows Affected: 0 , < 0.44.0 (semver)
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