Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting go package, versions <1.15.5-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-GO-8485965
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed18 Nov 2020

Introduced: 18 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-28366  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 go to version 1.15.5-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream go package and not the go package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 a malicious unquoted symbol name in a linked object file.

CVSS Base Scores

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