Google Go up to 1.25.1 encoding-pem resource consumption
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Go up to 1.25.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component encoding-pem. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-61723. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Google Go up to 1.25.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the component encoding-pem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
The processing time for parsing some invalid inputs scales non-linearly with respect to the size of the input. This affects programs which parse untrusted PEM inputs.
It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-61723. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270294 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : go1.25 (SUSE-SU-2025:03547-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 1.25.2 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (270294), EUVD (EUVD-2025-36736) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2227). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Affected
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Fedora Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Oracle Linux
- IBM Business Automation Workflow
- SUSE openSUSE
- RESF Rocky Linux
- IBM MQ
- Golang Go
- Open Source OpenTofu
- Red Hat OpenShift
- IBM App Connect Enterprise
- Dell NetWorker
Product
Type
Vendor
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Version
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.google.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Resource consumptionCWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 270294
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : go1.25 (SUSE-SU-2025:03547-1)
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Go 1.25.2
Timeline
10/10/2025 Advisory disclosed10/10/2025 VulDB entry created
02/09/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: google.comAdvisory: seclists.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2025-61723 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-61723
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-327867
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2227 - Golang Go: Mehrere Schwachstellen
Entry
Created: 10/10/2025 09:01Updated: 02/09/2026 14:23
Changes: 10/10/2025 09:01 (53), 10/19/2025 01:52 (2), 10/30/2025 01:58 (1), 10/30/2025 03:26 (1), 11/09/2025 06:08 (7), 11/23/2025 06:32 (1), 11/30/2025 13:57 (1), 12/11/2025 14:49 (1), 01/04/2026 06:35 (1), 02/05/2026 07:34 (1), 02/09/2026 14:23 (1)
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