The `github.com/moby/sys/user` package provides Go utilities for parsing and looking up entries in Unix-style user and group database files.
The `github.com/moby/sys/user` package provides Go utilities for parsing and looking up entries in Unix-style user and group database files. Versions before 0.4.1 do not sufficiently limit entries when parsing `/etc/passwd`- or `/etc/group`-style files, allowing an attacker who can supply a specially crafted file to cause excessive memory consumption and potentially terminate the affected process due to an out-of-memory condition. This issue is patched in version 0.4.1. As a workaround, avoid parsing attacker-controlled user or group database files, or validate and limit untrusted input before
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- Vendor
- GitHub
- Product
- github
- CVSS
- 5.5
- Fix
- available
- Exposure class
- Developer platform
Why it ranks 13 (Routine)
- CVSS 5.5 medium
- Product class: developer platform
- Fix available
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- CVE-2026-61801 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia