CVE-2026-111943

Distrust compromised intermediate certificates in crypto/x509

Published Oct 21, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
On most platforms, Go uses the given system root certificates. However, in some narrower cases, the system trust stores may not be updated without further action. To defend against the narrower set of cases that may remain affected, a denylist was added in crypto/x509 to return an error when calling Verify with any of the known intermediate certificates that are no longer considered to be trustworthy.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-299
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library crypto/x509
Vendors & Products Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library crypto/x509
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Due to security concerns regarding a small set of intermediate certificates issued by a specific Certificate Authority (CA), the Go's crypto/x509 package is updated to not trust certificates issued by the affected intermediate certificates. This would prevent possible future misuse of certificate issued by the affected intermediate certificates. On most platforms, Go uses the given system root certificates. However, in some narrower cases, the system trust stores may not be updated without further action. To defend against the narrower set of cases that may remain affected, a denylist was added in crypto/x509 to return an error when calling Verify with any of the known intermediate certificates that are no longer considered to be trustworthy.
Title golang: crypto/x509: Go: crypto/x509: mitigation for security concerns with a specific Certificate Authority Distrust compromised intermediate certificates in crypto/x509
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Due to security concerns regarding a small set of intermediate certificates issued by a specific Certificate Authority (CA), the Go's crypto/x509 package is updated to not trust certificates issued by the affected intermediate certificates. This would prevent possible future misuse of certificate issued by the affected intermediate certificates.
Title golang: crypto/x509: Go: crypto/x509: mitigation for security concerns with a specific Certificate Authority
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Weaknesses CWE-295
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

threat_severity

Important

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Go
Published
Updated
Oct 30, 2026, 1:08 PM
Reserved
Oct 17, 2026, 1:43 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 21, 2026, 1:17 AM
Modified
Oct 30, 2026, 1:18 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 20, 2026, 2:00 AM