CVE-2026-56865: Fix transparency log tile verification bypass in golang.org/x/mod/sumdb/tlog

Published Aug 13, 2026
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Updated

A malicious GOPROXY was previously capable of forging up to two sumdb tiles that allow for a requested module to bypass the GOSUMDB check and persist attacker-controlled module content to a local Go module cache. This attack allows for a malicious GOPROXY to serve malicious module content that cannot be detected by evaluating the transparency log. All tiles are now correctly verified against their parents. In order to determine if you have been affected: rm -r go.sum go.work.sum vendor/ && go mod tidy

Affected Software

1 affected component
golang.org/x/mod/sumdb/tlog

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Configuration

    Fix the transparency log tile verification bypass in golang.org/x/mod/sumdb/tlog so that all sumdb tiles are correctly verified against their parents.

    Go modules (golang.org/x/mod/sumdb/tlog) transparency log tile verification = correctly verified against parents
  2. Operational

    Determine if you have been affected by running: rm -r go.sum go.work.sum vendor/ && go mod tidy.

Event History

Aug 13, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:58 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:58 PM
DescriptionWeakness
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