Vulnerability · CVE-2025-58188
Validating certificate chains which contain DSA public keys can cause programs to panic, due to a interface cast that assumes they implement the Equal method.
Published Oct 29, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 4, 2025 · Go standard library
Last checked Oct 31, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-58188. EPSS is 0.38%. Act only if a listed version of Go standard library is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Same product and reporting
- CVE-2025-61729 · High
- CVE-2025-58187 · High
- Severity
- High7.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.38%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Go standard library crypto/x509 1.25.0 <1.25.2
Validating certificate chains which contain DSA public keys can cause programs to panic, due to a interface cast that assumes they implement the Equal method. This affects programs which validate arbitrary certificate chains.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Go standard library crypto/x509 1.25.0 <1.25.21.25.0 <1.25.2
How to fix CVE-2025-58188
Upgrade
CVE-2025-58188 lists a fix boundary at 1.25.2. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 1.25.0 <1.25.2
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-58188. EPSS is 0.38%. Act only if a listed version of Go standard library is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Go standard library crypto/x509 1.25.0 <1.25.2 1.25.0 <1.25.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.38%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 29, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Validating certificate chains which contain DSA public keys can cause programs to panic, due to a interface cast that assumes they implement the Equal method. This affects programs which validate arbitrary certificate chains.
Nov 4, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
Validating certificate chains which contain DSA public keys can cause programs to panic, due to a interface cast that assumes they implement the Equal method. This affects programs which validate arbitrary certificate chains.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-58188
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-36732
Validating certificate chains which contain DSA public keys can cause programs to panic, due to a interface cast that assumes they implement the Equal method. This affects programs which validate arbitrary certificate chains.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 31, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- CVE.orgOct 25, 2026
- EUVDOct 25, 2026