Usage of ExtKeyUsageAny disables policy validation in crypto/x509
Priority LOW 39Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 17 fixed, 24 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Calling Verify with a VerifyOptions.KeyUsages that contains ExtKeyUsageAny unintentionally disabledpolicy validation. This only affected certificate chains which contain policy graphs, which are rather uncommon.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00376 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial crypto/x509 (Go standard library): 1.24.4Red Hat: 22 advisoriesRed Hat: 17 fixed, 24 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go standard library | crypto/x509 | 1.24.0-0 to before 1.24.4 | 1.24.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- crypto/x509 VendorGo standard library Affected 1.24.0-0 to before 1.24.4 Fixed in 1.24.4 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Go standard library |
- cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Go standard library
Remediation
- Fix · CNA crypto/x509 (Go standard library) Fixed in 1.24.4
Red Hat 22 advisories
- RHSA-2026:90994 Released 2026-10-27 · Red Hat rating Importantgo-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) delve-1.26.1-1.module+el8.4.0+25181+7ce5b91c.src::go-toolset:rhel8, delve-1.26.1-1.module+el8.4.0+25181+7ce5b91c.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8, go-toolset-1.26.10-2.module+el8.4.0+25201+9a419e96.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8 +8
- RHSA-2026:87245 Released 2026-10-21 · Red Hat rating Importantgo-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) delve-1.26.1-1.module+el8.8.0+24781+86ad105d.src::go-toolset:rhel8, delve-1.26.1-1.module+el8.8.0+24781+86ad105d.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8, go-toolset-1.26.10-4.module+el8.8.0+25113+a148ecc0.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8 +8
- RHSA-2026:87246 Released 2026-10-21 · Red Hat rating Importantgo-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) delve-1.26.1-1.module+el8.6.0+24782+a062e766.src::go-toolset:rhel8, delve-1.26.1-1.module+el8.6.0+24782+a062e766.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8, go-toolset-1.26.10-4.module+el8.6.0+25114+90ecdb41.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8 +8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) delve-1.26.1-1.module+el8.6.0+24782+a062e766.src::go-toolset:rhel8, delve-1.26.1-1.module+el8.6.0+24782+a062e766.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8, go-toolset-1.26.10-4.module+el8.6.0+25114+90ecdb41.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8 +8
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Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Installer for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Builds for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix yet |
| Confidential Compute Attestation | Affected | No fix yet |
| Deployment Validation Operator | Affected | No fix yet |
| Lightspeed Core | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Developer Tools and Services | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Lightspeed | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Serverless | Affected | No fix yet |
| Pen Drive Powered by Red Hat Lightspeed | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Workspaces Operator | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Runtimes Inventory Operator | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Trusted Application Pipeline | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer | Affected | No fix yet |
| Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager - Tech Preview | Affected | No fix yet |
| cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift | Affected | No fix yet |
| external secrets operator for Red Hat OpenShift - Tech Preview | Affected | No fix yet |
| Builds for Red Hat OpenShift 1.5.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:13931 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:10677 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2025:10676 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:90994 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:87246 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:87245 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:47719 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:47712 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:90994 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:87246 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:87245 |
| Red Hat Lightspeed (formerly Insights) for Runtimes 1.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:23236 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:19003, RHSA-2025:19890 |
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:17730 |
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:17731 |
| Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.7.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:17043 |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:14470, RHSA-2025:14472, RHSA-2025:14473, RHSA-2025:14476, RHSA-2025:14479, RHSA-2025:14481, RHSA-2025:14484 |
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- Red Hat Developer Hub 1
- Red Hat Edge Manager preview
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI)
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- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager CLI
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4
- Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3
- Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.7.0
- Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
- Red Hat Service Interconnect 1
- Red Hat Service Interconnect 2
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.2
- streams for Apache Kafka 2
- streams for Apache Kafka 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-22874
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6f52-wpx2-hvf2
- 2026-10-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-22 Fix available: RHSA-2026:87245 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-22 Fix available: RHSA-2026:87246 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) +1 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 Fix available: RHSA-2026:90994 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) · Red Hat
- 2026-11-05 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
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Sources
- CVE-2025-22874 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-22874 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6f52-wpx2-hvf2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-22874 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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