🛡️ CVE-2025-61729 on Debian — golang-1.15
Description
Within HostnameError.Error(), when constructing an error string, there is no limit to the number of hosts that will be printed out. Furthermore, the error string is constructed by repeated string concatenation, leading to quadratic runtime. Therefore, a certificate provided by a malicious actor can result in excessive resource consumption.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2025-61729 as tracked by Debian, for the package golang-1.15. The fix is available in version 1.25.6-1; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.
Weakness class
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61729 is classified as CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation. A TLS certificate is accepted without proper verification, so a man-in-the-middle can present their own.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61729 is recorded against 4 packages.
- golang-1.15
- golang-1.19
- golang-1.24
- golang-1.25 (fixed in 1.25.6-1)
Timeline and source
Published on 2 December 2025 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
CVE-2025-61729 on other distributions
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Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| golang-1.15 | — | — |
| golang-1.19 | — | — |
| golang-1.24 | — | — |
| golang-1.25 | — | 1.25.6-1 |
References
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