GO-2024-2660

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    GO-2024-2660

    Published: 27 Mar 2024Last Modified: 5 Aug 2026

    Summary: Memory leak in github.com/golang-fips/openssl/v2 and github.com/microsoft/go-crypto-openssl

    Details: Using crafted public RSA keys can cause a small memory leak when encrypting and verifying payloads. This can be gradually leveraged into a denial of service attack.

    References: https://github.com/golang-fips/openssl/commit/85d31d0d257ce842c8a1e63c4d230ae850348136, https://github.com/microsoft/go-crypto-openssl/commit/104fe7f6912788d2ad44602f77a0a0a62f1f259f

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/golang-fips/openssl/v2

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/golang-fips/openssl/v2

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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