Vulnerability · Published Apr 20, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-27536
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the go package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 26.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Certificate.Verify in crypto/x509 in Go 1.18.x before 1.18.1 can be caused to panic on macOS when presented with certain malformed certificates. This allows a remote TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | go | 1.18.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-27536 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | go | 1.18.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-27536 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | go | 1.18.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-27536 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | go | 1.18.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-27536 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | go | 1.18.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-27536 |
| Go | stdlib | 1.18.1 | GO-2022-0434 |