mediumVulnerability

GHSA-mpwr-8vm7-h73f

`Decode`, `DecodeChain`, `DecodeTrustStore`, and `ToPEM` can incorrectly accept PKCS#12 files which were encoded with the wrong password, due to a failure to reject excessively-short PBMAC1 keys. Users who decode PKCS#12 files from untrusted sources and rely on the password for authentication can be tricked into accepting malicious PKCS#12 files. Users who only decode PKCS#12 files from trusted sources are not affected. Thanks to Pavol Žáčik (Red Hat) and Alex Gaynor (Anthropic) for finding and reporting the same issue in OpenSSL ([CVE-2026-34181](https://openssl-library.org/news/vulnerabilities/#CVE-2026-34181)).

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-mpwr-8vm7-h73f
severity
medium
summary
package pkcs12: Authentication bypass in Decode functions
cve_id
GHSA-mpwr-8vm7-h73f
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-08-17T21:56:01Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpwr-8vm7-h73f
ghsa_updated
2026-08-17T21:56:03Z

Related Entities (4)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]go/software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]go/software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Input Validation

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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