Bug 2484204 (CVE-2026-42504)

Summary: CVE-2026-42504 mime: golang: Golang MIME: Denial of Service via maliciously-crafted MIME header
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A flaw was found in the Golang MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) package. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a maliciously-crafted MIME header containing many invalid encoded-words. This could lead to excessive CPU consumption, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-02 23:01:23 UTC
Decoding a maliciously-crafted MIME header containing many invalid encoded-words can consume excessive CPU.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-29 19:54:40 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2026:48151 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48151