CVE-2026-33487Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Goxmldsig

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 26
Latest updateMar 27

Description

goxmlsig provides XML Digital Signatures implemented in Go. Prior to version 1.6.0, the `validateSignature` function in `validate.go` goes through the references in the `SignedInfo` block to find one that matches the signed element's ID. In Go versions before 1.22, or when `go.mod` uses an older version, there is a loop variable capture issue. The code takes the address of the loop variable `_ref` instead of its value. As a result, if more than one reference matches the ID or if the loop logic i

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Loop Variable Capture Signature Bypass in goxmldsig in github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig2026-03-27
CVEList
goxmldsig has validateSignature Loop Variable Capture Signature Bypass2026-03-26
GHSA
validateSignature Loop Variable Capture Signature Bypass in goxmldsig2026-03-18
OSV
validateSignature Loop Variable Capture Signature Bypass in goxmldsig2026-03-18

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig: goxmlsig: Integrity bypass due to incorrect XML Digital Signature validation via loop variable capture issue2026-03-26

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-33487 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
CVE-2026-33487 — Russellhaering Goxmldsig vulnerability | cvebase