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CVE-2018-7187

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 16, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxGo

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 63%

Description

The "go get" implementation in Go 1.9.4, when the -insecure command-line option is used, does not validate the import path (get/vcs.go only checks for "://" anywhere in the string), which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted web site.

Affected

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

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
7.09.0
Go· Golang
95%
v < 1.9.51.10 ≤ v < 1.10.1
Affected range stops below 1.10.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.9.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gist.github.com/SLAYEROWNER/b2a358f13ab267f2e9543bb9f9320ffc
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/23867
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00029.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-12
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4379
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4380

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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