Red Hat alert RHSA-2026:57649-01 (golang) [LWN.net]

An update for golang is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The golang packages provide the Go programming language compiler. Security Fix(es): * net/mail: golang: net/mail: Denial of Service via pathological email address parsing (CVE-2026-42499) * cmd/go: golang: Go command (cmd/go): Integrity bypass due to checksum validation flaw via malicious module proxy (CVE-2026-42501) * html/template: golang: Go html/template: Cross-Site Scripting via improper URL escaping in meta tag content (CVE-2026-39823) * cmd/go: golang: Go 'go bug' command: Arbitrary file overwrite via symlink attack (CVE-2026-39819) * net/http/internal/http2: golang: golang.org/x/net: Go HTTP/2: Denial of Service via malformed SETTINGS_MAX_FRAME_SIZE frame (CVE-2026-33814) * net/mail: golang: Go net/mail: Denial of Service via crafted email inputs (CVE-2026-39820) * net: golang: Go net package: Denial of Service via long CNAME response in LookupCNAME (CVE-2026-33811) * net/http/httputil: golang: net/http/httputil: ReverseProxy forwards hidden query parameters, potentially bypassing security controls (CVE-2026-39825) * cmd/go: golang: Go tool pack: Arbitrary file write via malicious archive extraction (CVE-2026-39817) * html/template: golang: html/template: Cross-site scripting due to incorrect script tag escaping (CVE-2026-39826) * golang.org/x/net/idna: golang: net/http: golang.org/x/net/idna: Privilege escalation via incorrect Punycode label processing (CVE-2026-39821) * net/textproto: golang: Golang net/textproto: Misleading error messages via input injection (CVE-2026-42507) * crypto/x509: golang: golang crypto/x509: Denial of Service via excessive processing of DNS SAN entries (CVE-2026-27145) * golang: Go os.Root: Symlink following vulnerability allows directory traversal (CVE-2026-39822) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.

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