GO-2026-5932

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    GO-2026-5932

    Published: 7 Jul 2026Last Modified: 10 Jul 2026

    Summary: The golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp package is unmaintained, unsafe by design, and has known security issues

    Details: The golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp package is unsafe by design, has numerous known security issues, is not maintained, and should not be used. If you are required to interoperate with OpenPGP systems and need a maintained package, consider github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto/openpgp which is a maintained fork that aims to be a drop-in replacement for this package.

    References: https://go.dev/issue/44226

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: golang.org/x/crypto

    Purl: pkg:golang/golang.org/x/crypto

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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