CVE-2023-29402
Code injection via go command with cgo in cmd/go
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Go
Description
The go command may generate unexpected code at build time when using cgo. This may result in unexpected behavior when running a go program which uses cgo. This may occur when running an untrusted module which contains directories with newline characters in their names. Modules which are retrieved using the go command, i.e. via "go get", are not affected (modules retrieved using GOPATH-mode, i.e. GO111MODULE=off, may be affected).
Timeline
ID reserved
By Go
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
- CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected < 1.19.10
- affected 1.20.0-0 – < 1.20.5
References (8)
- https://go.dev/issue/60167 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://go.dev/cl/501226 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/q5135a9d924/m/j0ZoAJOHAwAJ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1839 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XBS3IIK6ADV24C5ULQU55QLT2UE762ZX/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NZ2O6YCO2IZMZJELQGZYR2WAUNEDLYV6/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241213-0004/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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