CVE-2026-32281

A flaw was found in Go's crypto/x509 package. A remote attacker could exploit this by presenting a specially crafted certificate chain containing a large number of policy mappings. This inefficient validation process consumes excessive resources, which can lead to a denial of service (DoS) for applications or systems performing certificate validation.

This flaw occurs during the validation of otherwise trusted certificate chains that contain a large number of policy mappings, leading to excessive resource consumption. Exploitation requires an attacker to present a specially crafted, yet trusted, certificate chain which would require the attacker has already compromised a trusted certificate root. Red Hat continuously monitors certificate authorities and curates the set which is trusted by default for Red Hat products.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

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.