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 | alpine-linux-upgrade-go | Aug 22, 2024 | Nov 2, 2022 | |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golangamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-binamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-docsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-miscamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-raceamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-sharedamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-srcamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golang-testsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golistamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-golist-debuginfo | Dec 7, 2022 | Nov 2, 2022 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-golang-1-19 | Jul 30, 2024 | Nov 2, 2022 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-go118freebsd-upgrade-package-go119 | Nov 4, 2022 | Nov 1, 2022 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp10-upgrade-golanghuawei-euleros-2_0_sp10-upgrade-golang-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp10-upgrade-golang-help | Feb 13, 2023 | Nov 2, 2022 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp11-upgrade-golanghuawei-euleros-2_0_sp11-upgrade-golang-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp11-upgrade-golang-help | Jan 6, 2023 | Nov 2, 2022 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-golanghuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-golang-binhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-golang-src | Mar 9, 2023 | Nov 2, 2022 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-golanghuawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-golang-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-golang-help | Jan 9, 2023 | Nov 2, 2022 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-delveoracle-linux-upgrade-go-toolsetoracle-linux-upgrade-golangoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-binoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-docsoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-miscoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-raceoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-srcoracle-linux-upgrade-golang-tests | Mar 8, 2023 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Splunk | splunk-upgrade-latest | Sep 30, 2025 | Nov 2, 2022 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-go1-18suse-upgrade-go1-18-docsuse-upgrade-go1-18-opensslsuse-upgrade-go1-18-openssl-docsuse-upgrade-go1-18-openssl-racesuse-upgrade-go1-18-racesuse-upgrade-go1-19suse-upgrade-go1-19-docsuse-upgrade-go1-19-race | Nov 18, 2022 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf | Jan 20, 2025 | Nov 2, 2022 |
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