Bug 2547607 (CVE-2026-56851)

Summary: CVE-2026-56851 golang.org/x/text: golang.org/x/text: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds slice error in Nickname profile
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A flaw was found in golang.org/x/text. An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by submitting specially crafted input to an application utilizing the Nickname profile. When transforming this input into an undersized destination buffer, an out-of-bounds slice indexing error occurs, causing the application to panic and crash.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-07 18:02:08 UTC
The Nickname profile can panic with an out-of-bounds slice error when transforming crafted input into a short destination buffer.