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CVE-2018-16874

8.1 highEPSS 5.0%

In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly braces (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.1 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
5.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-20, CWE-22
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GO-2022-0190Gotoolchain<1.10.6
>=1.11.0-0 <1.11.3
1.10.6, 1.11.3

References

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