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name constraints
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The name constraints tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about X.509 certificate validation bugs in the Go standard library's crypto/x509 package. Recent threads detail two specific CVEs: CVE-2026-27137, where email-address name constraints with identical local-parts but different domains are ignored, and CVE-2025-61727, where excluded DNS name constraints fail to block wildcard SANs. Both issues allow certificate chains that should be rejected due to name constraints to be incorrectly accepted, potentially enabling trusted chains to vouch for prohibited identities. These topics are relevant for developers and IT professionals working with Go-based certificate verification and PKI infrastructure.
A subtle correctness bug in Go’s X.509 verification code — tracked as CVE-2026-27137 — can cause certificate chains to ignore multiple email-address name constraints when those constraints share the same local-part but differ by domain. The practical upshot: under specific conditions a...
An important validation bug has been published against the Go standard library’s certificate-handling code: CVE-2025-61727 describes an improper application of excluded DNS name constraints when verifying wildcard names in crypto/x509, meaning that an excluded-subdomain constraint in a...