# CVE-2025-61729: Excessive resource consumption when printing error string for host certificate validation in crypto/x509

- Also known as: GO-2025-4155, BIT-GOLANG-2025-61729
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.24.11, 1.25.5
- Published: 2025-12-02 · Updated: 2025-12-03

## Affected

- crypto/x509: fixed in 1.24.11; from 1.25.0, fixed in 1.25.5
- stdlib (Go): fixed in 1.24.11; from 1.25.0, fixed in 1.25.5

## Description

Within HostnameError.Error(), when constructing an error string, there is no limit to the number of hosts that will be printed out. Furthermore, the error string is constructed by repeated string concatenation, leading to quadratic runtime. Therefore, a certificate provided by a malicious actor can result in excessive resource consumption.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on crypto/x509, stdlib, upgrade to a fixed version (1.24.11, 1.25.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://go.dev/cl/725920
- https://go.dev/issue/76445
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/8FJoBkPddm4
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-4155

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