CVE-2019-11841
MEDIUMEPSS 79th pctlDescription
A message-forgery issue was discovered in crypto/openpgp/clearsign/clearsign.go in supplementary Go cryptography libraries 2019-03-25. According to the OpenPGP Message Format specification in RFC 4880 chapter 7, a cleartext signed message can contain one or more optional "Hash" Armor Headers. The "Hash" Armor Header specifies the message digest algorithm(s) used for the signature. However, the Go clearsign package ignores the value of this header, which allows an attacker to spoof it. Consequently, an attacker can lead a victim to believe the signature was generated using a different message digest algorithm than what was actually used. Moreover, since the library skips Armor Header parsing in general, an attacker can not only embed arbitrary Armor Headers, but also prepend arbitrary text to cleartext messages without invalidating the signatures.
How to fix
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-16042 | Medium | 6.5 | 82% | - | - |
| CVE-2025-25292 | Critical | 9.8 | 65% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2025-59718 | Critical | 9.8 | 63% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2021-22160 | Critical | 9.8 | 53% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2013-3900 | Medium | 5.5 | 45% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2018-0114 | High | 7.5 | 43% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2019-11841?
Upgrade golang-go.crypto on debian 11 to 1:0.0~git20200221.2aa609c-1 or later.
Is CVE-2019-11841 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2019-11841 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.0% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2019-11841?
CVE-2019-11841 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2019-11841 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for golang-go.crypto (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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