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Crash when handling long CNAME response in net

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

When using LookupCNAME with the cgo DNS resolver, a very long CNAME response can trigger a double-free of C memory and a crash.

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GO-2026-4981

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: osv:GO-2026-4981

stdlib

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
1.25.10

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1.26.3

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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "SEMVER",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "1.25.10"
          },
          {
            "introduced": "1.26.0-0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "1.26.3"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "stdlib",
      "purl": "pkg:golang/stdlib",
      "ecosystem": "Go"
    },
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-2026-4981.json"
    },
    "ecosystem_specific": {
      "imports": [
        {
          "path": "net",
          "symbols": [
            "LookupCNAME",
            "Resolver.LookupCNAME",
            "cgoResSearch"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-33811

Source reference: /aliases

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Event
#27682 · Revision 1
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