Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.26.10stdlib: security update to 1.27.3

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476418

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- On most platforms, Go uses the given system root certificates. However, in some narrower cases, the system
trust stores may not be updated without further action. To defend against the narrower set of cases that
may remain affected, a denylist was added in crypto/x509 to return an error when calling Verify with any
of the known intermediate certificates that are no longer considered to be trustworthy. (CVE-2026-111943)

Solution

Update the stdlib library and its related packages to version 1.26.10 or later.

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6809

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 476418

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Golang

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-111943

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-111943