# CVE-2026-56852: Infinite loop on invalid input in golang.org/x/text

- Also known as: GO-2026-5970
- 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=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 0.39.0
- Published: 2026-07-21 · Updated: 2026-08-10

## Affected

- golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm: fixed in 0.39.0
- golang.org/x/text (Go): fixed in 0.39.0

## Description

A norm.Iter can enter an infinite loop when handling input containing invalid UTF-8 bytes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm, golang.org/x/text, upgrade to a fixed version (0.39.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://go.dev/issue/80142
- https://go.dev/cl/794100
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-5970
- https://github.com/katekeiroz-dev/golang-x-text

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