# CVE-2025-22874: Usage of ExtKeyUsageAny disables policy validation in crypto/x509

- Also known as: GO-2025-3749, BIT-GOLANG-2025-22874
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.24.4
- Published: 2025-06-11 · Updated: 2025-06-16

## Affected

- crypto/x509: from 1.24.0-0, fixed in 1.24.4
- stdlib (Go): from 1.24.0-0, fixed in 1.24.4

## Description

Calling Verify with a VerifyOptions.KeyUsages that contains ExtKeyUsageAny unintentionally disabledpolicy validation. This only affected certificate chains which contain policy graphs, which are rather uncommon.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on crypto/x509, stdlib, upgrade to a fixed version (1.24.4) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://go.dev/cl/670375
- https://go.dev/issue/73612
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/ufZ8WpEsA3A
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3749

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