Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update
Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang. Security Fix(es): * golang: net/url: Memory exhaustion in query parameter parsing in net/url (CVE-2025-61726) * cmd/cgo: Potential code smuggling via doc comments in cmd/cgo (CVE-2025-61732) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2026:3470) for the go-toolset module in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4, fixing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-61726, a memory exhaustion issue in the net/url package's query parameter parsing, and CVE-2025-61732, a potential code smuggling vulnerability via doc comments in cmd/cgo. These vulnerabilities affect the Go programming language tools and libraries included in the go-toolset. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues and references CVE pages for further details. No CVSS base score is provided in the advisory.
Potential Impact
The memory exhaustion vulnerability (CVE-2025-61726) could allow an attacker to cause resource exhaustion when parsing URL query parameters, potentially impacting availability. The code smuggling vulnerability (CVE-2025-61732) could allow malicious code to be introduced via documentation comments in cmd/cgo, potentially affecting code integrity or execution. Red Hat rates the overall security impact as Important, indicating a high severity level.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated go-toolset packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:3470 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update
Description
Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang. Security Fix(es): * golang: net/url: Memory exhaustion in query parameter parsing in net/url (CVE-2025-61726) * cmd/cgo: Potential code smuggling via doc comments in cmd/cgo (CVE-2025-61732) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2026:3470) for the go-toolset module in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4, fixing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-61726, a memory exhaustion issue in the net/url package's query parameter parsing, and CVE-2025-61732, a potential code smuggling vulnerability via doc comments in cmd/cgo. These vulnerabilities affect the Go programming language tools and libraries included in the go-toolset. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues and references CVE pages for further details. No CVSS base score is provided in the advisory.
Potential Impact
The memory exhaustion vulnerability (CVE-2025-61726) could allow an attacker to cause resource exhaustion when parsing URL query parameters, potentially impacting availability. The code smuggling vulnerability (CVE-2025-61732) could allow malicious code to be introduced via documentation comments in cmd/cgo, potentially affecting code integrity or execution. Red Hat rates the overall security impact as Important, indicating a high severity level.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated go-toolset packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:3470 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:3470
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-61732"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a16096ae29bf47b506301e6
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:18 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 11:44:04 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 22:29:33 UTC
Views: 91
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