Vulnerability · Published Jun 2, 2026 · Assigned by Go

CVE-2026-42507Arbitrary inputs are included in errors without any escaping in net/textproto

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in net/textproto from Go standard library. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

When returning errors, functions in the net/textproto package would include its input as part of the error. This might allow an attacker to inject misleading content to errors that are printed or logged.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8delve1.26.1-1.module_el8.10.0+4223+bd807c2eALSA-2026:38995
AlmaLinux:9git-lfs3.7.1-4.el9_8.3ALSA-2026:66364
AlmaLinux:10go-toolset1.26.4-1.el10_2.alma.1ALSA-2026:29980
AlmaLinux:8go-toolset1.26.5-1.module_el8.10.0+4223+bd807c2eALSA-2026:38995
AlmaLinux:9go-toolset1.26.4-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:29981
AlmaLinux:10golang1.26.4-1.el10_2.alma.1ALSA-2026:29980
AlmaLinux:8golang1.26.5-1.module_el8.10.0+4223+bd807c2eALSA-2026:38995
AlmaLinux:9golang1.26.4-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:29981
AlmaLinux:10golang-bin1.26.4-1.el10_2.alma.1ALSA-2026:29980
AlmaLinux:8golang-bin1.26.5-1.module_el8.10.0+4223+bd807c2eALSA-2026:38995
AlmaLinux:9golang-bin1.26.4-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:29981
AlmaLinux:10golang-docs1.26.4-1.el10_2.alma.1ALSA-2026:29980
AlmaLinux:8golang-docs1.26.5-1.module_el8.10.0+4223+bd807c2eALSA-2026:38995
AlmaLinux:9golang-docs1.26.4-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:29981
AlmaLinux:10golang-misc1.26.4-1.el10_2.alma.1ALSA-2026:29980
AlmaLinux:8golang-misc1.26.5-1.module_el8.10.0+4223+bd807c2eALSA-2026:38995
AlmaLinux:9golang-misc1.26.4-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:29981
AlmaLinux:10golang-race1.26.4-1.el10_2.alma.1ALSA-2026:29980
AlmaLinux:8golang-race1.26.5-1.module_el8.10.0+4223+bd807c2eALSA-2026:38995
AlmaLinux:9golang-race1.26.4-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:29981
AlmaLinux:10golang-src1.26.4-1.el10_2.alma.1ALSA-2026:29980
AlmaLinux:8golang-src1.26.5-1.module_el8.10.0+4223+bd807c2eALSA-2026:38995
AlmaLinux:9golang-src1.26.4-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:29981
AlmaLinux:10golang-tests1.26.4-1.el10_2.alma.1ALSA-2026:29980
AlmaLinux:8golang-tests1.26.5-1.module_el8.10.0+4223+bd807c2eALSA-2026:38995
AlmaLinux:9golang-tests1.26.4-1.el9_8ALSA-2026:29981
Alpine:v3.24go1.26.8-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-42507
Debian:12golang-1.19no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-42507
Debian:13golang-1.24no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-42507
Debian:14golang-1.261.26.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42507
Gostdlib1.25.11, 1.26.4GO-2026-5039
Rocky Linux:10golang0:1.26.4-1.el10_2RLSA-2026:29980
Rocky Linux:9golang0:1.26.4-1.el9_8RLSA-2026:29981
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgolang-1.24no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSgolang-1.24no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:25.10golang-1.24no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSgolang-1.24no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgolang-1.25no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSgolang-1.25no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:25.10golang-1.25no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSgolang-1.25no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSgolang-1.26no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSgolang-1.26no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSgolang-1.26no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507
Ubuntu:26.10golang-1.26no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Go standard library net/textproto 0 – before 1.25.111.26.0-0 – before 1.26.4

References