CVE-2022-30635
golang: encoding/gob: stack exhaustion in Decoder.Decode
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 12, 2022
Updated · August 4, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in golang. When calling Decoder, Decode on a message that contains deeply nested structures, a panic can occur due to stack exhaustion and allows an attacker to impact system availability.
Statement
OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) starting from 4.10 stream is already compiled in the patched version of Go, hence is not affected by this vulnerability.The vulnerability has been rated as moderate instead of high because the vulnerability can only result in a minor denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-1325 · Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation