CVE-2026-105216
CRITICAL 9.1go-micro before 6.0.0 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability that allows network attackers to impersonate services because the shared TLS helper sets InsecureSkipVerify to true by default. Man-in-the-middle attackers can present any certificate to intercept or modify gRPC transport, HTTP and RabbitMQ broker, and Consul or etcd registry traffic, including authentication tokens and credentials.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 9.1), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 9th percentile
Impact if exploited
9.1CVSS 4.0 · CRITICAL
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityNone
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ⚠Complexity: Needs a race window or specific setup
- ⚠Requirements: Specific conditions must be present
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References and research data (JSON)
All CVSS metrics
- CRITICAL 9.1 v4.0 · CNA Primary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - HIGH 7.4 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CRITICAL 9.1 v4.0 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - HIGH 7.4 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
Patches & mitigations
- https://github.com/micro/go-micro/commit/c7657f73f45cf839e643db10f28703eeab7299c3 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-05T00:47:07.327Z
NVD · CVE-2026-105216 · Updated 2026-10-06T16:00:36.547
Advisories
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/go-micro-before-6.0.0-disabled-tls-certificate-verification-via-tls-config-helper CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-05T00:47:07.327Z
NVD · CVE-2026-105216 · Updated 2026-10-06T16:00:36.547 - https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-92119 EUVD · EUVD-2026-92119
Technical & other
- https://github.com/micro/go-micro/issues/2963 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-05T00:47:07.327Z
NVD · CVE-2026-105216 · Updated 2026-10-06T16:00:36.547 - https://github.com/micro/go-micro/blob/v5.30.0/internal/util/tls/tls.go#L43-L67 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-05T00:47:07.327Z
NVD · CVE-2026-105216 · Updated 2026-10-06T16:00:36.547 - https://github.com/micro/go-micro CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-05T00:47:07.327Z
NVD · CVE-2026-105216 · Updated 2026-10-06T16:00:36.547