CVE 7 HIGH

Unexpected code execution when invoking toolchain in cmd/go_CVE-2025-68119

7 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-68119
Source Go
Published Jan 28, 2026 at 19:30
Modified Jan 29, 2026 at 16:16

Affected Product

Vendor Go toolchain
Product cmd/go
Version 1.25.0
Affected Versions Go toolchain cmd/go 1.25.0

References

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