Published Aug 13, 2026Sources checked Oct 28, 2026
7.5HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-56864 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
What to do next
Remediation and response
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Vendor revision: Oct 22, 2026
Release Notes
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.3%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-56864?
A malicious GOSUMDB was capable of serving arbitrary module content not contained within the transparency log. This attack allows for a coordinating GOPROXY and GOSUMDB to serve a client malicious module content that cannot be detected by evaluating the transparency log.
In order to determine if you have been affected: rm -r go.sum go.work.sum vendor/ && go mod tidy