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CVE-2022-24921

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-674

Description

regexp.Compile in Go before 1.16.15 and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows stack exhaustion via a deeply nested expression.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• Go: before 1.16.15; from 1.17 before 1.17.8 — fixed in 1.16.15, 1.17.8
• NetApp Astra Trident: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Go 1.16.15, 1.17.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-744259.pdf
• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/RP1hfrBYVuk
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00017.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00018.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0010/
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-744259.pdf
• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/RP1hfrBYVuk
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00017.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00018.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html

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