CVE-2025-58188
crypto/x509: golang: Panic when validating certificates with DSA public keys in crypto/x509
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS
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Published · October 30, 2025
Updated · October 27, 2026
Description
A denial of service vector has been discovered in the golang crypto/x509 module. An attacker could craft an intermediate X.509 certificate containing a DSA public key and can crash a remote host with an unauthenticated call to any endpoint that verifies the certificate chain.
Statement
Availability impacts are limited on Red Hat products as they do not affect the host systems.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
CVSS / CWE
CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion