Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update
This advisory addresses two security vulnerabilities in the Go Toolset provided by Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 2. The first vulnerability (CVE-2025-61726) involves memory exhaustion during query parameter parsing in the net/url package. The second (CVE-2025-61732) concerns potential code smuggling via documentation comments in the cmd/cgo tool. Red Hat has issued an important security update to fix these issues. The advisory references updated packages and provides guidance on applying the update. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
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Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security released an advisory (RHSA-2026:3468) for the go-toolset:rhel8 module addressing 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues and references further details on the CVE pages. The vulnerabilities are rated with an overall security impact of Important by Red Hat. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory. No exploits in the wild are currently known.
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) in cmd/cgo could allow malicious code to be introduced via documentation comments, which may affect code integrity or execution. Both vulnerabilities are rated as having an Important security impact by Red Hat. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for the go-toolset:rhel8 module that address these vulnerabilities. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:3468 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates will remediate the vulnerabilities. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update
Description
This advisory addresses two security vulnerabilities in the Go Toolset provided by Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 2. The first vulnerability (CVE-2025-61726) involves memory exhaustion during query parameter parsing in the net/url package. The second (CVE-2025-61732) concerns potential code smuggling via documentation comments in the cmd/cgo tool. Red Hat has issued an important security update to fix these issues. The advisory references updated packages and provides guidance on applying the update. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
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Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security released an advisory (RHSA-2026:3468) for the go-toolset:rhel8 module addressing 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues and references further details on the CVE pages. The vulnerabilities are rated with an overall security impact of Important by Red Hat. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory. No exploits in the wild are currently known.
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) in cmd/cgo could allow malicious code to be introduced via documentation comments, which may affect code integrity or execution. Both vulnerabilities are rated as having an Important security impact by Red Hat. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for the go-toolset:rhel8 module that address these vulnerabilities. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:3468 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates will remediate the vulnerabilities. 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-2026:3468
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-61732"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a16096ae29bf47b50630284
Added to database: 5/26/2026, 8:58:18 PM
Last enriched: 5/26/2026, 9:43:22 PM
Last updated: 5/27/2026, 4:52:30 AM
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