Validating certificate chains which use policies is unexpectedly inefficient when certificates in the chain contain a very large number of policy mappings, possibly causing denial of service

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLEANSTART-2026-LC87549",
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  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Validating certificate chains which use policies is unexpectedly inefficient when certificates in the chain contain a very large number of policy mappings, possibly causing denial of service",
    "summary": "Security vulnerability affects the containerd package. Validating certificate chains which use policies is unexpectedly inefficient when certificates in the chain contain a very large number of policy mappings, possibly causing denial of service.",
    "evidence": "osv:CLEANSTART-2026-LC87549",
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    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
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            "purl": "pkg:apk/cleanstart/containerd",
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      "modified": "2026-10-08T16:46:48.746476049Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-32281"
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      "references": [
        "https://github.com/cleanstart-dev/cleanstart-security-advisories/tree/main/advisories/2026/CLEANSTART-2026-LC87549.json",
        "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32281",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32281"
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        "value": "CVE-2026-32281",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 101175,
  "published_at": "2026-09-30T19:52:49.12+00:00"
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