Go's Cryptography Packages Were Audited: The Results
From Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon by HackerNoon
February 16, 2026 · 12 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the results of an audit on Go's cryptography packages, revealing a low-severity finding and several informational findings.
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/gos-cryptography-packages-were-audited-the-results . The audit produced a single low-severity finding, in the legacy and unsupported Go+BoringCrypto integration, and a handful of informational findings. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming . You can also check exclusive content about #go , #golang , #go-cryptography-security , #go-security-audit , #go-cryptography-packages , #go-audit , #timing-side-channels , #hackernoon-top-story , and more. This story was written by: @Go . Learn more about this writer by checking @Go's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . Go ships with a full suite of cryptography packages in the standard library to help developers build secure applications. Google recently contracted the independent security firm [Trail of Bits] to complete an audit of the core set of packages. The audit produced a single low-severity finding, in the legacy and unsupported [Go+BoringCrypto integration], and a handful of informational findings.
Topics covered
- cryptography
- Go programming
- security audit
- software development
- programming
Keywords
- Go
- cryptography
- security audit
- Trail of Bits
- BoringCrypto
- programming
- Go packages
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: HackerNoon, Trail of Bits
Products: Go, BoringCrypto
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