CVE-2025-61723 | Quadratic complexity when parsing some invalid inputs in encoding/pem

The processing time for parsing some invalid inputs scales non-linearly with respect to the size of the input. This affects programs which parse untrusted PEM inputs.

Published: 2025-10-29 Last update: 2026-01-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-61723 is rated Moderate Risk (45.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.57%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-61723

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.57% +0.55%
2 2025-11-21 0.07% 0.02% -0.05%
3 2025-11-04 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-61723

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-61723

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-61723

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-61723: 1 source package rows (go); 85 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 2, open 83. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-61723
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-61723 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 4 source packages (golang-1.15, golang-1.19, golang-1.24, golang-1.25), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-61723
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61723
suse medium CVE-2025-61723 severity moderate: SUSE including 84 source package names (2.2.0-3.1:curl-8.14.1-slfo.1.1_3.1, 2.2.0-3.1:libcurl4-8.14.1-slfo.1.1_3.1, …), 514 product×package rows across 69 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (69 product lines)): Fixed 444, Known Not Affected 56, First Fixed 14. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61723/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-61723 medium priority: Ubuntu including 16 source packages (golang, golang-1.10, …), 98 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 49, DNE 47, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-61723

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-61723

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
golang go < 1.24.8 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go >= 1.25.0, < 1.25.2 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-61723

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