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flagd: Multiple Go Runtime CVEs Impact Security and Availability
GHSA-4c5f-9mj4-m247
- Affected
- Go github.com/open-feature/flagd/flagd-proxy < 0.8.2
- Fixed in
- 0.8.2· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- In 2025, several vulnerabilities in the Go Standard Library were disclosed, impacting Go-based applications like flagd (the evaluation engine for OpenFeature). These CVEs primarily focus on Denial of Service (DoS) through resource exhaustion and Race Conditions in database handling. | CVE ID | Impacted Package | Severity | Description & Impact on flagd | | -- | -- | -- | -- | | CVE-2025-47907 | database/sql | 7.0 (High) | Race Condition: Canceling a query during a Scan call can return data from the wrong query. Critical if flagd uses SQL-based sync providers (e.g., Postgres), potentially leading to incorrect flag configurations. | | CVE-2025-61725 | net/mail | 7.5 (High) | DoS: Inefficient complexity in ParseAddress. Attackers can provide crafted email strings with large domain literals to exhaust CPU if flagd parses email-formatted metadata. | | CVE-2025-61723 | encoding/pem | 7.5 (High) | DoS: Quadratic complexity when parsing invalid PEM inputs. Relevant if flagd loads TLS…
Recommended action: Upgrade to 0.8.2 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.