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CVE-2026-56865
Published:August 13, 2026
Updated:August 20, 2026
A malicious GOPROXY was previously capable of forging up to two sumdb tiles that allow for a requested module to bypass the GOSUMDB check and persist attacker-controlled module content to a local Go module cache. This attack allows for a malicious GOPROXY to serve malicious module content that cannot be detected by evaluating the transparency log. All tiles are now correctly verified against their parents. In order to determine if you have been affected: rm -r go.sum go.work.sum vendor/ && go mod tidy
Affected Packages
https://github.com/golang/mod.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v0.40.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.40.0
golang.org/x/mod (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.0-20190513183629-78b9ff66a052 <v0.40.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.40.0
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
EPSS
Base Score:
0.11