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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-42504
Name
CVE-2026-42504
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
Decoding a maliciously-crafted MIME header containing many invalid encoded-words can consume excessive CPU.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-
Advisories

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
golang-bootstrap
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


7.5
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
1.24.13-r1
Exploitable
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
1.26.6-r1
Not Affected
yocto
kirkstone
1.17.13
Exploitable
yocto
kirkstone
1.17.13
Exploitable
yocto
master
1.26.6
Not Affected
yocto
master
1.26.6
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
1.22.12
Patched
yocto
scarthgap
1.22.12
Exploitable

Resolved with patches#


go (yocto:scarthgap)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
mime: avoid quadratic complexity in WordDecoder.DecodeHeader
Damien Neil <dneil@google.com>
CVE-2026-42504