CVE-2025-68119: high-severity vulnerability in Go toolchain cmd/go
Unexpected code execution when invoking toolchain in cmd/go
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7epss 0.4%
Downloading and building modules with malicious version strings can cause local code execution. On systems with Mercurial (hg) installed, downloading modules from non-standard sources (e.g., custom domains) can cause unexpected code execution due to how external VCS commands are constructed. This issue can also be triggered by providing a malicious version string to the toolchain. On systems with Git installed, downloading and building modules with malicious version strings can allow an attacker to write to arbitrary files on the filesystem. This can only be triggered by explicitly providing the malicious version strings to the toolchain and does not affect usage of @latest or bare module paths.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Go toolchain · cmd/goRelated CVEs — Go toolchain cmd/go
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2020-28367—Arbitrary code execution via the go command with cgo in cmd/goEPSS 2.4%CVE-2020-28366—Arbitrary code execution in go command with cgo in cmd/go and cmd/cgoEPSS 2.3%CVE-2023-39323HIGHArbitrary code execution during build via line directives in cmd/goEPSS 1.9%CVE-2023-29404CRITICALImproper handling of non-optional LDFLAGS in go command with cgo in cmd/goEPSS 1.8%CVE-2023-39320—Arbitrary code execution via go.mod toolchain directive in cmd/goEPSS 1.8%CVE-2023-29405CRITICALImproper sanitization of LDFLAGS with embedded spaces in go command with cgo in cmd/goEPSS 1.7%