Double-free CVE-2026-33811 via LookupCNAME in Go net (<=1.26.2)
CVE-2026-33811 Published on May 7, 2026

Crash when handling long CNAME response in net
When using LookupCNAME with the cgo DNS resolver, a very long CNAME response can trigger a double-free of C memory and a crash.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-33811 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

CWE-1341

Products Associated with CVE-2026-33811

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Affected Versions

Go standard library net: Red Hat Hardened Images: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.1: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.2: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.3: Assisted Installer for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 2: Builds for Red Hat OpenShift: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift: Red Hat Compliance Operator: Red Hat Confidential Compute Attestation: Red Hat Cryostat 4: Custom Metric Autoscaler operator for Red Hat Openshift: Red Hat Deployment Validation Operator: External Secrets Operator for Red Hat OpenShift: Red Hat Fence Agents Remediation Operator: Red Hat File Integrity Operator: Red Hat Gatekeeper 3: Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift: Red Hat Logical Volume Manager Storage: Red Hat Machine Deletion Remediation Operator: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8: Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers: mirror registry for Red Hat OpenShift: mirror registry for Red Hat OpenShift 2: Red Hat Multiarch Tuning Operator: Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes: Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub: Red Hat Network Observability Operator: Red Hat Node HealthCheck Operator: Red Hat OpenShift API for Data Protection: Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services: Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed: Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines: Red Hat OpenShift Serverless: Red Hat OpenShift Source-to-Image (S2I): Power monitoring for Red Hat OpenShift: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2: Red Hat Ceph Storage 5: Red Hat Ceph Storage 6: Red Hat Ceph Storage 9: Red Hat Certification Program for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: Red Hat Connectivity Link 1: Red Hat Developer Hub: Red Hat Edge Manager 1: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3: Red Hat Lightspeed for Runtimes Operator: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI): Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager CLI: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Workspaces Operator: Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3: Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps: Red Hat OpenShift on AWS: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0: Red Hat Quay 3: Red Hat Satellite 6: Red Hat Service Interconnect 1: Red Hat Service Interconnect 2: Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer: Red Hat Web Terminal: Red Hat Security Profiles Operator: Red Hat Service Telemetry Framework 1.5: Red Hat streams for Apache Kafka 3: Red Hat Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager: Red Hat Zero Trust Workload Identity Manager - Tech Preview: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2: Red Hat AMQ Clients:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.50%
Percentile
39.06%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.