Go before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5 mishandles P-521 and P-384 elliptic curves…
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
Go before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.5 mishandles P-521 and P-384 elliptic curves, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly conduct ECDH private key recovery attacks.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04501 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.10.8; 1.11.1 to before 1.11.5 | Vulnerable | Go standard library |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 15.0 | Vulnerable | openSUSE |
- cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.10.8; 1.11.1 to before 1.11.5 Vulnerable ·Go standard library
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-6486
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vj2x-6gjj-jvh2
References
Advisory 9
Sources
- CVE-2019-6486 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-6486 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vj2x-6gjj-jvh2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-6486 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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