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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:07

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Arbitrary code execution in go command with cgo in cmd/go and cmd/cgo

Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "golang",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/golang"
      },
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        {
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            {
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            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.14.12"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "1.15.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.15.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-28366"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "BIT-golang-2020-28366",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:07:42.467Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://go.dev/cl/269658"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://go.dev/issue/42559"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/062e0e5ce6df339dc26732438ad771f73dbf2292"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/NpBGTTmKzpM"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0475"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28366"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Arbitrary code execution in go command with cgo in cmd/go and cmd/cgo"
}

CVE-2020-28366 (GCVE-0-2020-28366)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-18 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:33

Title

Arbitrary code execution in go command with cgo in cmd/go and cmd/cgo

Summary

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

References

URL

Tags

	https://go.dev/cl/269658
	https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/062e0e5ce6df339d…
	https://go.dev/issue/42559
	https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/NpB…
	https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0475

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Go toolchain

cmd/go

Affected: 0 , < 1.14.12 (semver)
Affected: 1.15.0-0 , < 1.15.5 (semver)

Go toolchain

cmd/cgo

Affected: 0 , < 1.14.12 (semver)
Affected: 1.15.0-0 , < 1.15.5 (semver)

Credits

Chris Brown (Tempus Ex)

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              "version": "0",
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            }
          ]
        },
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2020-28366 (GCVE-0-2020-28366)

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