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Memory limit bypass when parsing MIME headers in net/textproto, mime/multipart

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

Parsing a multipart form can bypass memory limits and read an arbitrarily long line into memory when the remaining limit at the start of a part is less than 400 bytes.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-94440

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-94440

net/textproto

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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mime/multipart

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Structured affected-version data

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[
  {
    "vendor": "Go standard library",
    "product": "net/textproto",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "1.26.9",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.27.0-0",
        "lessThan": "1.27.2",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "net/textproto",
    "collectionURL": "https://pkg.go.dev",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "readMIMEHeader"
      },
      {
        "name": "Reader.readContinuedLineSlice"
      },
      {
        "name": "Reader.ReadContinuedLine"
      },
      {
        "name": "Reader.ReadContinuedLineBytes"
      },
      {
        "name": "Reader.ReadMIMEHeader"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Go standard library",
    "product": "mime/multipart",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "1.26.9",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.27.0-0",
        "lessThan": "1.27.2",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "mime/multipart",
    "collectionURL": "https://pkg.go.dev",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "Part.populateHeaders"
      },
      {
        "name": "Reader.readForm"
      },
      {
        "name": "Reader.NextPart"
      },
      {
        "name": "Reader.NextRawPart"
      },
      {
        "name": "Reader.ReadForm"
      }
    ]
  }
]
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CVE-2026-94440

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