CVE-2025-61724

MEDIUM

GO < 1.24.8 - Resource Allocation Without Limits

Title source: rule

Description

The Reader.ReadResponse function constructs a response string through repeated string concatenation of lines. When the number of lines in a response is large, this can cause excessive CPU consumption.

References (5)

[Patch] https://go.dev/cl/709859

[Issue Tracking] https://go.dev/issue/75716

[Mailing List, Release Notes] https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/4Emdl2iQ_bI

[Vendor Advisory] https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-4015

[Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/08/1

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE

CWE-770

Status published

Affected Products (1)

golang/go < 1.24.8

Timeline

Published Oct 29, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026