Vulnerability · CVE-2026-42499
Pathological inputs could cause DoS through consumePhrase when parsing an email address according to RFC 5322.
Published May 7, 2026 · catalog updated Sep 18, 2026 · Pathological inputs could cause
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-42499. EPSS is 0.80%. Act only if a listed version of Pathological inputs could cause is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Pathological inputs could cause).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.80%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe golang/go
Pathological inputs could cause DoS through consumePhrase when parsing an email address according to RFC 5322.
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- cpe golang/goversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-42499
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
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-2026-42499. EPSS is 0.80%. Act only if a listed version of Pathological inputs could cause is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-1046. EPSS 0.80%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 7, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Pathological inputs could cause DoS through consumePhrase when parsing an email address according to RFC 5322.
Sep 18, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Pathological inputs could cause DoS through consumePhrase when parsing an email address according to RFC 5322.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-42499
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-42499
30-day exploitation probability 0.8%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-42499
Pathological inputs could cause DoS through consumePhrase when parsing an email address according to RFC 5322.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.