MEDIUM 6.5 Microsoft PoC

CVE-2021-34558

The crypto/tls package of Go through 1.16.5 does not properly assert that the type of public key in an X.509 certificate matches the expected type when doing a RSA based key exchange allowing a malicious TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.

Microsoft Security Update 2021-Jul: The crypto/tls package of Go through 1.16.5 does not properly assert that the type of public key in an X.509 certificate matches the expected type when doing a RSA based key exchange allowing a malicious TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.

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Published: 2021-07-13 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-08-10
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 was published on 2021-07-13 via Microsoft. 🚨 A public proof-of-concept exploit is available on GitHub. EPSS score: 7.0% (top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation probability). Affected: cm1 golang 1.16.7-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0.
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