CVE-2026-27143: Missing bound checks can lead to memory corruption in safe Go in cmd/compile
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-27143 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in go toolchain cmd/compile. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 04-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 24 · Related 23Timeline
- 08-04-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 13-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Arithmetic over induction variables in loops were not correctly checked for underflow or overflow. As a result, the compiler would allow for invalid indexing to occur at runtime, potentially leading to memory corruption.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.54%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
45%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.13 pp
From 0.66% on 05-10-2026
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 causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard198 products
- apache-beam-java-11-sdk< 2.73.0-r0
- apache-beam-java-17-sdk< 2.73.0-r0
- apache-beam-java-21-sdk< 2.73.0-r0
- apisix-ingress-controller< 2.0.1-r10
- apm-server-8.18All versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine2 products
- go≥ 1.26.0, < 1.25.9-r0 | ≥ 1.26.0, < 1.26.2-r0
- rclone< 1.73.5-r0
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References
12 links- pkg.go.devWEB