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golang-golang-x-text, golang-x-text — security advisory
The Nickname profile can panic with an out-of-bounds slice error when transforming crafted input into a short destination buffer.
- Products
- golang-golang-x-text, golang-x-text
- Affected versions
- 0+git20151019.0fe7e68-0ubuntu1, 0+git20151217.cf49866-0ubuntu1, 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu1, 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2, 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2.1, 0.13.0-1, 0.14.0-1, 0.14.0-2, 0.22.0-1, 0.3.2-1, 0.3.2-3, 0.3.2-4, 0.3.2-4ubuntu0.1, 0.3.6-1, 0.3.7-1, 0.3.7-1ubuntu0.20.04.1, 0.31.0-1, 0.36.0-1, 0.40.0-1, 0.9.0-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-56851
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Nickname profile can panic with an out-of-bounds slice error when transforming crafted input into a short destination buffer.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-56851
golang-x-text
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golang-x-text
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golang-golang-x-text
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golang-x-text
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golang-golang-x-text
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golang-golang-x-text
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golang-golang-x-text
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golang-golang-x-text
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Complete source record
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