Moov signedxml: Unauthenticated denial of service in exclusive XML canonicalization
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 sourcePublished 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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