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Quadratic string concatenation in consumePhrase in net/mail

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Pathological inputs could cause DoS through consumePhrase when parsing an email address according to RFC 5322.

Products
stdlib
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.25.10, 1.26.3
CVEs
CVE-2026-42499
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 03:50 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Quadratic string concatenation in consumePhrase in net/mail

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 May 2026, 19:21 UTC

Pathological inputs could cause DoS through consumePhrase when parsing an email address according to RFC 5322.

osv:GO-2026-4977

stdlib

Fixed versions: 1.25.10, 1.26.3

Complete source record
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