Description
An uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in the Windows SIPA event log parser of Google go-attestation versions up to and including 0.6.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS). The (*WinEvents).readELAMAggregation function recurses for every nested elamAggregation sub-event without enforcing a maximum recursion depth limit, while the size guard is bypassed on recursive execution paths. By submitting a crafted Windows event log containing deeply nested elamAggregation headers, an attacker can exhaust the goroutine call stack, triggering an unrecoverable fatal runtime error (stack overflow) that immediately crashes the verifier application.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| go-attestation | 0.0.0 – ≤ 0.6.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | golang-github-google-go-attestation | 0.6.4-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | golang-github-google-go-attestation | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | golang-github-google-go-attestation | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLE Micro 6.2 | elemental | 2.3.2-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:24645-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | elemental-register | 1.9.3-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:24645-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | elemental-system-agent | 0.15.2-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:24645-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | elemental-toolkit | 2.3.5-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:24645-1 |
Advisories 1
- SUSE-SU-2026:24645-1 Security update for elemental, elemental-register, elemental-system-agent, elemental-toolkit SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Nov 12, 2026