[release-1.0] Backport: Patch CVE-2025-61729 in Go proxy

[amir-yogev-gh]

CVE Fix

Vulnerabilities Addressed

CVE ID	Severity	Package	Old Version	New Version
CVE-2025-61729	HIGH (CVSS 7.5)	Go stdlib crypto/x509	go 1.24.0 / toolchain go1.25.8	go 1.25.0 / toolchain go1.25.9

Description

CVE-2025-61729 is a Denial of Service vulnerability in Go's crypto/x509 package. A malicious X.509 certificate with a large number of Subject Alternative Names causes quadratic runtime in HostnameError.Error(), leading to CPU/memory exhaustion. Fixed in Go 1.24.11 and Go 1.25.5+.

The proxy/ component directly imports crypto/x509 and crypto/tls, making it susceptible.

Strategy Justification

CVE-2025-61729 — Go crypto/x509

#	Strategy	Result	Details
1	Direct update (minor)	Success	Bumped Go version to go 1.25.0 / toolchain go1.25.9 in proxy/go.mod (matching backend)

Changes

• proxy/go.mod: Updated go directive from 1.24.0 to 1.25.0, toolchain from go1.25.8 to go1.25.9

Validation

• Dependencies: Updated to fixed version (go1.25.9 >= fix threshold go1.25.5)
• Vulnerability scan: govulncheck binary scan confirms CVE-2025-61729 is not present
• Tests: Pre-existing failure in auth/redirect_test.go (unrelated to this change)

Rollback

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