CVE-2025-58187 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-58187

Quadratic complexity when checking name constraints in crypto/x509

Vulnerability Description

Due to the design of the name constraint checking algorithm, the processing time of some inputs scale non-linearly with respect to the size of the certificate. This affects programs which validate arbitrary certificate chains.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Jakub Ciolek

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Affected Vendor

Go standard library

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Affected Software

crypto/x509
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.25.0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 29th, 2025
Last Modified: November 20th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.