Well-crafted inputs reaching ParseAddress, ParseAddressList, and ParseDate were able to trigger excessive CPU exhaustion and memory allocations.
CVE-2026-39820
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-07. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 51.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 7, 2026
Last Modified
July 6, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Jun 5, 2026net/mail: ParseAddress: quadratic complexity in consumeComment · Issue #78566 · golang/go · GitHub
https://go.dev/issue/78566Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-39820(8)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:34364Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Logging for Red Hat OpenShift - 6.4.6
- RHSA-2026:33574Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Developer Hub 1.9.6 release.
- RHSA-2026:33150Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.3.5
- RHSA-2026:33142Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.2.7
- RHSA-2026:33123Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.1.10
- RHSA-2026:33120Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0.13
- CVE-2026-39820Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)High
Quadratic string concatentation in consumeComment in net/mail
- GHSA-p9h5-jm8x-mjm5GitHub Security AdvisoriesHigh
Well-crafted inputs reaching ParseAddress, ParseAddressList, and ParseDate were able to trigger...
Affected Packages
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Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| stdlib | — | 1.26.3 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
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