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CVE-2022-27536

Certificate.Verify in crypto/x509 in Go 1.18.x before 1.18.1 can be caused to panic on macOS when presented with certain malformed certificates. This allows a remote TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 2 products from golang, from apple organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2022, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2022-04-20T10:15:07.987

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:55:54.037

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-295

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	golang	go	< 1.18.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	macos	-	No

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-744259.pdf ([email protected])
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce Mailing List, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/oecdBNLOml8 Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230309-0001/ ([email protected])
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-744259.pdf (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce Mailing List, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/oecdBNLOml8 Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230309-0001/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For golang's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.