# GO-2026-5932: The golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp package is unmaintained, unsafe by design, and has known security issues

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-07 · Updated: 2026-07-10

GO-2026-5932 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It affects golang.org/x/crypto; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp Go package, which provides OpenPGP encryption and signing functionality, is no longer maintained and has design flaws and numerous known security issues. Applications that use it may be exposed to weaknesses in the protection of encrypted and signed data.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- golang.org/x/crypto (Go): all versions

## Description

The golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp package is unsafe by design, has numerous known security issues, is not maintained, and should not be used. If you are required to interoperate with OpenPGP systems and need a maintained package, consider github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto/openpgp which is a maintained fork that aims to be a drop-in replacement for this package.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on golang.org/x/crypto, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is GO-2026-5932 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/GO-2026-5932

### Which versions are affected by GO-2026-5932?

golang.org/x/crypto (Go): all versions.

Source: https://cve.now/GO-2026-5932

## Related

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## References

- https://go.dev/issue/44226

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