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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:07

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Arbitrary code execution via the go command with cgo in cmd/go

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 malicious gcc flags specified via a #cgo directive.

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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "golang",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/golang"
      },
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        {
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            {
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            },
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              "fixed": "1.14.12"
            },
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              "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-2020-28367"
  ],
  "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 malicious gcc flags specified via a #cgo directive.",
  "id": "BIT-golang-2020-28367",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:07:32.402Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
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      "url": "https://go.dev/issue/42556"
    },
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      "url": "https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/da7aa86917811a571e6634b45a457f918b8e6561"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/NpBGTTmKzpM"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0476"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28367"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Arbitrary code execution via the go command with cgo in cmd/go"
}

CVE-2020-28367 (GCVE-0-2020-28367)

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

Title

Arbitrary code execution via the go command with cgo in cmd/go

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 malicious gcc flags specified via a #cgo directive.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

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

Assigner

References

URL

Tags

	https://go.dev/cl/267277
	https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/da7aa86917811a57…
	https://go.dev/issue/42556
	https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/NpB…
	https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0476
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Go toolchain	cmd/go	Affected: 0 , < 1.14.12 (semver) Affected: 1.15.0-0 , < 1.15.5 (semver)

Credits

Imre Rad

Show details on NVD website

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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-2020-28367 (GCVE-0-2020-28367)

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