Due to unsanitized NUL values, attackers may be able to maliciously set environment variables on Windows. In syscall.StartProcess and os/exec.Cmd, invalid environment variable values containing NUL values are not properly checked for. A malicious environment variable value can exploit this behavior to set a value for a different environment variable. For example, the environment variable string "A=B\x00C=D" sets the variables "A=B" and "C=D".
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade go | Aug 22, 2024 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade golistUpgrade golang-raceUpgrade golang-miscUpgrade golist-debuginfoUpgrade golangUpgrade golang-testsUpgrade golang-sharedUpgrade golang-docsUpgrade golang-srcUpgrade golang-bin | Dec 7, 2022 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade golang-1.19 | Jul 30, 2024 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade go119Upgrade go118 | Nov 4, 2022 | Nov 1, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade golangUpgrade golang-helpUpgrade golang-devel | Feb 13, 2023 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade golang-helpUpgrade golangUpgrade golang-devel | Jan 6, 2023 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade golang-srcUpgrade golangUpgrade golang-bin | Mar 9, 2023 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade golangUpgrade golang-develUpgrade golang-help | Jan 9, 2023 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade golangUpgrade golang-docsUpgrade golang-binUpgrade golang-testsUpgrade golang-srcUpgrade golang-miscUpgrade delveUpgrade go-toolsetUpgrade golang-race | Mar 8, 2023 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Splunk | — | Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.12Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.1.1Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.6 | Sep 30, 2025 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade go1.18Upgrade go1.19Upgrade go1.18-opensslUpgrade go1.18-raceUpgrade go1.18-openssl-docUpgrade go1.18-openssl-raceUpgrade go1.19-docUpgrade go1.18-docUpgrade go1.19-race | Nov 18, 2022 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Nov 2, 2022 |
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