GO-2026-5970

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    GO-2026-5970

    Published: 14 Jul 2026Last Modified: 14 Aug 2026

    Summary: Infinite loop on invalid input in golang.org/x/text

    Details: A norm.Iter can enter an infinite loop when handling input containing invalid UTF-8 bytes.

    References: https://go.dev/issue/80142, https://go.dev/cl/794100

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: golang.org/x/text

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.39.0

    Affected versions

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