CVE-2026-56851: Panic parsing crafted input in x/text/secure/precis in golang.org/x/text

Published Oct 7, 2026

Updated

The Nickname profile can panic with an out-of-bounds slice error when transforming crafted input into a short destination buffer.

Affected Software

1 affected component

go/golang.org/x/text

Event History

Oct 7, 2026

CVE Published

via MITRE·05:46 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·05:46 PM

DescriptionWeakness

Data Sourced

via NVD·06:17 PM

DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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