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Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.19.12stdlib: security update to 1.20.7stdlib: security update to 1.21.0-rc.4
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428519
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- Extremely large RSA keys in certificate chains can cause a client/server to expend significant CPU time
verifying signatures. With fix, the size of RSA keys transmitted during handshakes is restricted to <=
8192 bits. Based on a survey of publicly trusted RSA keys, there are currently only three certificates in
circulation with keys larger than this, and all three appear to be test certificates that are not actively
deployed. It is possible there are larger keys in use in private PKIs, but we target the web PKI, so
causing breakage here in the interests of increasing the default safety of users of crypto/tls seems
reasonable. (CVE-2023-29409)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 428519
Version: Revision 1.2
Type: Local
Family: Golang
Published: 7/21/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.2
Percentile: 0.01
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29409
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/2/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-29409