go-micro before 6.0.0 Disabled TLS Certificate Verification via tls.Config Helper
Priority LOW 39CWE-295Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
go-micro before 6.0.0 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability that allows network attackers to impersonate services because the shared TLS helper sets InsecureSkipVerify to true by default. Man-in-the-middle attackers can present any certificate to intercept or modify gRPC transport, HTTP and RabbitMQ broker, and Consul or etcd registry traffic, including authentication tokens and credentials.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00194 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed go-micro (micro): 6.0.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro.company | go-micro | before 6.0.0 | 6.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- go-micro VendorMicro.company Affected before 6.0.0 Fixed in 6.0.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA go-micro (micro) Fixed in 6.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105216
- 2026-10-04 Alias added: GHSA-p6q5-cmw8-pqqg
- 2026-10-05 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More Micro.company vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-06027 CollectChat < 2.4.4 - Admin+ XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-20634 WordPress Form to Chat App plugin <= 1.1.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-18044 WordPress Form to Chat App plugin <= 1.2.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-105216 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-105216 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p6q5-cmw8-pqqg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences