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Moov signedxml: Unauthenticated denial of service in exclusive XML canonicalization

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

Moov signedxml is a pure Go library for processing signed XML documents. Prior to 1.4.1, ExclusiveCanonicalization in exclusivecanonicalization.go copies the complete accumulated namespace map at every nested element before reference digest or signature checks. Attacker-controlled XML containing deeply nested elements with many unused namespace declarations causes quadratic allocation growth with depth and linear growth with prefixes per level, allowing a comparatively small document to consume multiple gigabytes of memory and terminate the process. The condition is reachable through ValidateReferences without a valid signature, matching certificate, or prior authentication, and it does not bypass signature verification. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

Products
signedxml
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-113729
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 13:45 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

Moov signedxml: Unauthenticated denial of service in exclusive XML canonicalization

core-cve · Original source

Published 20 Oct 2026, 21:17 UTC

Moov signedxml is a pure Go library for processing signed XML documents. Prior to 1.4.1, ExclusiveCanonicalization in exclusivecanonicalization.go copies the complete accumulated namespace map at every nested element before reference digest or signature checks. Attacker-controlled XML containing deeply nested elements with many unused namespace declarations causes quadratic allocation growth with depth and linear growth with prefixes per level, allowing a comparatively small document to consume multiple gigabytes of memory and terminate the process. The condition is reachable through ValidateReferences without a valid signature, matching certificate, or prior authentication, and it does not bypass signature verification. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.1.

cve:CVE-2026-113729

signedxml

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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