External Control of File Name or Path Affecting std/cmd/go package, versions <1.24.12>=1.25.0 <1.25.6
Threat Intelligence
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- published29 Jan 2026
- disclosed28 Jan 2026
- creditRyotaK
Introduced: 28 Jan 2026
CVE-2025-61731 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/cmd/go to version 1.24.12, 1.25.6 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path.
Go Vulnerability Report:
Building a malicious file with cmd/go can cause can cause a write to an attacker-controlled file with partial control of the file content. The "#cgo pkg-config:" directive in a Go source file provides command-line arguments to provide to the Go pkg-config command. An attacker can provide a "--log-file" argument to this directive, causing pkg-config to write to an attacker-controlled location.