Code injection in the go command with cgo before Go 1.14.12 and Go 1.15.5 allows arbitrary code execution at build time via malicious gcc flags specified via a #cgo directive.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade go-toolsetUpgrade golang-raceUpgrade golang-srcUpgrade golang-miscUpgrade golangUpgrade delveUpgrade golang-docsUpgrade golang-binUpgrade golang-tests | May 4, 2022 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade go | Aug 22, 2024 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade golang-docsUpgrade golang-binUpgrade golang-raceUpgrade golang-srcUpgrade golang-miscUpgrade golangUpgrade golang-tests | Jan 8, 2021 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade golang | Dec 19, 2020 | Nov 9, 2020 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade delve-debugsourceUpgrade golang-binUpgrade golang-testsUpgrade golangUpgrade golang-srcUpgrade golang-raceUpgrade golang-miscUpgrade go-toolsetUpgrade delveUpgrade delve-debuginfoUpgrade golang-docs | Dec 21, 2020 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade golang-1.15 | Nov 23, 2020 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade go | Nov 13, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/go. | Aug 5, 2022 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade golang-binUpgrade golang-srcUpgrade golang | Mar 24, 2021 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade golang-binUpgrade golangUpgrade golang-src | Feb 2, 2021 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade golang-develUpgrade golangUpgrade golang-help | Jan 5, 2021 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade golang-miscUpgrade golang-srcUpgrade golang-testsUpgrade golang-binUpgrade golang-raceUpgrade golangUpgrade golang-docsUpgrade delveUpgrade go-toolset | Dec 23, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade delve-debugsourceUpgrade golang-raceUpgrade delveUpgrade golang-binUpgrade delve-debuginfoUpgrade golang-testsUpgrade golang-docsNo solution existsUpgrade golang-miscUpgrade go-toolsetUpgrade golangUpgrade golang-src | Dec 21, 2020 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade go1.15Upgrade go1.14-raceUpgrade go1.15-docUpgrade go1.14Upgrade go1.14-docUpgrade go1.15-race | Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 9, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Nov 18, 2020 |
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