CVE-2026-56852
A norm.Iter can enter an infinite loop when handling input containing invalid UTF-8 bytes.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An infinite loop can occur on invalid input in golang.org/x/text.
- Who is affected
- Users of the golang.org/x/text package.
- Urgency
- Remediation is high priority due to the high severity rating of 7.5.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of golang.org/x/text to fix this issue.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.45% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 37% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
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