CVE-2026-56852

A flaw was found in golang.org/x/text. The norm.Iter component can enter an infinite loop when processing input that contains invalid UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation Format - 8-bit) bytes. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted input, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition where the affected application becomes unresponsive.

Important: This flaw in the golang.org/x/text library can lead to a denial of service. An attacker could provide specially crafted invalid UTF-8 input to an application using the affected norm.Iter functionality, causing it to enter an infinite loop and become unresponsive.

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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.