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)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 52.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 7, 2026
Last Modified
July 22, 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(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:43692Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift API for Data Protection
- RHSA-2026:43052Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Quay 3.12.20
- RHSA-2026:43038Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Migration Toolkit for Applications
- RHSA-2026:42796Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Quay 3.15.6
- RHSA-2026:42644Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHOAI 2.25.9 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- RHSA-2026:42146Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Quay 3.12.20
- RHSA-2026:41928Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers
- RHSA-2026:41066Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Quay 3.16.5
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Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| stdlib | — | 1.26.3 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
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Data Freshness Timeline
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- CVE-2019-11479NVD 7.5EG 9.0EPSS 100%HIGH
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