CVE-2026-25679: Incorrect parsing of IPv6 host literals in net/url
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-25679 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Direct Request vulnerability in go standard library net/url. EPSS estimates a 0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 126 · Related 125Showing 100 of 127.
Timeline
- 06-03-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 18-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
url.Parse insufficiently validated the host/authority component and accepted some invalid URLs.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 8 sources · 1 version- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.83%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
58%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.01 pp
From 0.83% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-425Direct RequestThe web application does not adequately enforce appropriate authorization on all restricted URLs, scripts, or files.
- CWE-1286Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of InputThe product receives input that is expected to be well-formed - i.e., to comply with a certain syntax - but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input complies with the syntax.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard198 products
- actions-runner-controller< 0.13.1-r4
- actions-runner-controller-fips< 0.13.1-r6
- addon-resizer< 1.8.23-r14
- addon-resizer-fips< 1.8.23-r16
- ageAll versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine2 products
- go< 1.25.8-r0
- rclone< 1.73.5-r0
2 vendors · 200 products · Showing 200 of 3723
References
352 linksShow all 100 references
Showing 100 of 352.