Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-42504

HighDDoS

Published: 02 June 2026

Published
02 June 2026
Modified
04 June 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0038 30.1th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-42504 is a high-severity Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity (CWE-407) vulnerability in Go (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 30.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Decoding a maliciously-crafted MIME header containing many invalid encoded-words can consume excessive CPU.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-67841Shared CWE-407
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CVE-2026-31937Shared CWE-407
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CVE-2025-14550Shared CWE-407
CVE-2026-34573Shared CWE-407
CVE-2026-31933Shared CWE-407

Affected Assets

Go
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-407

Addresses inefficient algorithms whose complexity can be exploited for DoS.

References