CVE-2026-39836 (GCVE-0-2026-39836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-07 19:41 – Updated: 2026-05-08 21:30
VLAI
Title
Panic in Dial and LookupPort when handling NUL byte on Windows in net
Summary
The Dial and LookupPort functions panic on Windows when provided with an input containing a NUL (0).
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 2026-05-08 16:36 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Go standard library net Affected: 0 , < 1.25.10 (semver)
Affected: 1.26.0-0 , < 1.26.3 (semver)
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