CVE-2026-56852 (GCVE-0-2026-56852)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-21 19:18 – Updated: 2026-07-23 13:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Infinite loop on invalid input in golang.org/x/text
Summary
A norm.Iter can enter an infinite loop when handling input containing invalid UTF-8 bytes.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
References
3 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| golang.org/x/text | golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm |
Affected:
0 , < 0.39.0
(semver)
|
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