CVE-2019-11888

9.8 criticalEPSS 2.7%

Critical (9.8) in golang go. EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 85% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-269
Published: 2019-05-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

golang:go

References

https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/176619
https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/176619

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