5.3

CVE-2026-42507: Arbitrary inputs are included in errors without any escaping in net/textproto

Awaiting analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42507DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42507CGA-2383-c2gx-7qc9
Published 02-06-2026Last modified 03-06-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-42507 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in go standard library net/textproto. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 30 · Related 30

Timeline

  1. 02-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When returning errors, functions in the net/textproto package would include its input as part of the error. This might allow an attacker to inject misleading content to errors that are printed or logged.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.04 pp

From 0.41% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard199 products
  • aactl< 0.4.12-r54
  • act< 0.2.89-r1
  • actionlintAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • actions-runner-controller< 0.14.2-r2
  • addon-resizer< 1.8.23-r20
Alpine1 product
  • go< 1.26.8-r0

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