CVE-2025-10954 github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers Vulnerable to Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service by providing crafted input to the Parse function, triggering a runtime panic.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-10954?

CVE-2025-10954 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers, published on 27 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Versions of the package github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers before 1.2.2 are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input in the phonenumbers.Parse() function. An attacker can cause a panic by providing crafted input causing a "runtime error: slice bounds out of range".

Weakness: CWE-1286

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10954?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers GoAll versions1.2.2
github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers GoAll versions1.2.2
github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers GoAll versions1.2.2

Products include Textit Phonenumbers.

How do I fix CVE-2025-10954?

Upgrade github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers to 1.2.2 or later.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-10954 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10954 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fmjh-f678-cv3x, GO-2025-3987, MINI-23mh-x894-wr46, MINI-76qj-4j8r-cxmj, MINI-8p9m-j8jf-3m62, MINI-f88c-7hj2-wvv6 and 4 more.

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