CVE-2026-56864
A malicious GOSUMDB was capable of serving arbitrary module content not contained within the transparency log. This attack allows for a coordinating GOPROXY and GOSUMDB to serve a client malicious module content that cannot be detected by evaluating the transparency log. In order to determine if you have been affected: rm -r go.sum go.work.sum vendor/ && go mod tidy
Published:Aug 13, 2026
Last Modified:Aug 14, 2026
EPS:Aug 13, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00118
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Golang
Product
Mod
Golang
Mod
Vendor
Gotoolchain
Product
Cmd/go
Gotoolchain
Cmd/go
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
