CVE-2024-34156

Stack exhaustion in Decoder.Decode in encoding/gob

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: September 6, 2024 at 08:42 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:33 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorGoEncoding /gob

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

Calling Decoder.Decode on a message which contains deeply nested structures can cause a panic due to stack exhaustion. This is a follow-up to CVE-2022-30635.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Encoding /gob · Go Standard Library

60%

v < 1.22.71.23.0-0 ≤ v < 1.23.11.23.0-0

Affected range stops below 1.22.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.23.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Go · Go Standard Librarygo

60%

v < 1.22.71.23.0-0 ≤ v < 1.23.11.23.0-0

Affected range stops below 1.22.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.23.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (5)

Source: [email protected]

https://go.dev/cl/611239

Source: [email protected]

https://go.dev/issue/69139

Source: [email protected]

https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/S9POB9NCTdk

Source: [email protected]

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-3106

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240926-0004/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

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