# CVE-2026-65819: gopacket: Multiple layer decoders panic on crafted packets (out-of-bounds/underflow) enabling unauthenticated remote DoS via DecodingLayerParser

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- 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
- Published: 2026-08-07 · Updated: 2026-08-11

## Affected

- gopacket: through 1.7.0

## Description

gopacket provides packet processing capabilities for Go. Through version 1.7.0, multiple layer decoders use attacker-controlled lengths, counts, or offsets before validating them against packet buffers, allowing a crafted packet decoded through DecodingLayerParser or DecodeFromBytes to trigger an unrecovered panic and remotely deny service. A patch commit is available at 210f25f.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gopacket, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/gopacket/gopacket/security/advisories/GHSA-8mcr-459q-5mx2
- https://github.com/gopacket/gopacket/commit/210f25fb9b3ca1af2eb649936f78ad6991b6c9c5
- https://github.com/gopacket/gopacket/releases/tag/v1.7.0

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