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CVE-2024-24783

golang: crypto/x509: Verify panics on certificates with an unknown public key algorithm

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 5, 2024

Updated · November 1, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Go's crypto/x509 standard library package. Verifying a certificate chain that contains a certificate with an unknown public key algorithm will cause a Certificate.Verify to panic. This issue affects all crypto/tls clients and servers that set Config.ClientAuth to VerifyClientCertIfGiven or RequireAndVerifyClientCert.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation