Does updating a Go builder image patch already-built binaries?
No. Standard-library code is compiled into Go applications. Rebuild and redeploy affected binaries with the fixed toolchain, then test certificate paths used by your services; changing only the build image does not rewrite an artifact already produced.
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Go 1.27.3 and 1.26.10 Update Certificate-Chain VerificationGo’s Oct. 19 security patches make crypto/x509 reject chains containing a small set of intermediates; rebuild affected binaries to apply the change.
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