vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-29405: Security patch for golang (ALAS-2023-1848)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 8, 2023 | Jan 9, 2024 | May 21, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 8, 2023
Added
Jan 9, 2024
Modified
May 21, 2025
Description
The go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo. This may occur when running "go get" on a malicious module, or when running any other command which builds untrusted code. This is can by triggered by linker flags, specified via a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive. Flags containing embedded spaces are mishandled, allowing disallowed flags to be smuggled through the LDFLAGS sanitization by including them in the argument of another flag. This only affects usage of the gccgo compiler.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-golang
References
Rapid7 Labs
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