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CVE-2025-61731
Arbitrary file write using cgo pkg-config directive in cmd/go
High7.8EPSS 0.61%
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- Updated
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- Go
Description
Building a malicious file with cmd/go can cause can cause a write to an attacker-controlled file with partial control of the file content. The "#cgo pkg-config:" directive in a Go source file provides command-line arguments to provide to the Go pkg-config command. An attacker can provide a "--log-file" argument to this directive, causing pkg-config to write to an attacker-controlled location.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| redhat-SADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 51% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
- CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-88 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected < 1.24.12
- affected 1.25.0 – < 1.25.6
References (38)
- https://go.dev/cl/736711 (opens in a new tab)
- https://go.dev/issue/77100 (opens in a new tab)
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Vd2tYVM8eUc (opens in a new tab)
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4339 (opens in a new tab)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61731 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2434433 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-61731.json (opens in a new tab)x_sadp-csaf-vex
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5943 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13736 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5952 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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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