CVE-2018-16874

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: December 14, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxLeapLinux Enterprise Server

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly braces (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.10.61.11.0 ≤ v < 1.11.31.10.61.11.3
Affected range stops below 1.10.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (12)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00044.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00011.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00015.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00010.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00041.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106228
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16874

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-22

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