CVE-2025-61731
CVE-2025-61731 · Arbitrary file write using cgo pkg-config directive in cmd/go
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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.
CVSS 7.8 · High · EPSS 0.6% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
cmd/go
- Versions
- ≥ 0, < 1.24.12: Affected (semver)
- ≥ 1.25.0, < 1.25.6: Affected (semver)
Update to 1.24.12; Update to 1.25.6
golang-1.19 Debian:12
- Versions
- 1.19.10-1
- 1.19.10-2
- 1.19.11-1
- 1.19.12-1
- 1.19.12-2
- 1.19.12-2~bpo11+1
- 1.19.12-2~bpo12+1
- 1.19.13-1
- 1.19.13-1~bpo11+1
- 1.19.13-1~bpo12+1
- 1.19.8-2
- 1.19.9-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.24 Debian:13
- Versions
- 1.24.12-1
- 1.24.13-1
- 1.24.13-2
- 1.24.4-1
- 1.24.4-2
- 1.24.4-3
- 1.24.4-4
- 1.24.7-1
- 1.24.8-1
- 1.24.9-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.10 Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.10 Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~16.04.1
- 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~16.04.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.13 Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.2
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.3
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm2
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.3+esm3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.18 Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.6
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.10 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.10~rc1-1
- 1.10~rc1-1ubuntu1
- 1.10~rc1-2ubuntu1
- 1.10~rc2-1ubuntu1
- 1.10-1ubuntu1
- 1.10.1-1ubuntu2
- 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~18.04.1
- 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~18.04.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.13 Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.2
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.3
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.4+esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.16 Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.16.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.2
- 1.16.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.18 Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.3
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.4
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.4+esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.13 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.13.1-1ubuntu1
- 1.13.3-1ubuntu1
- 1.13.4-1ubuntu1
- 1.13.5-1ubuntu1
- 1.13.6-1ubuntu1
- 1.13.6-2ubuntu1
- 1.13.7-1ubuntu1
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1.1
- 1.13.8-1ubuntu1.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.14 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.14~beta1-1
- 1.14~beta1-2
- 1.14~rc1-1
- 1.14-1
- 1.14.1-1
- 1.14.2-1
- 1.14.2-1ubuntu1
- 1.14.3-2ubuntu2~20.04.1
- 1.14.3-2ubuntu2~20.04.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.16 Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.16.2-0ubuntu1~20.04
- 1.16.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
- 1.16.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.1+esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.18 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.1
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.2
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.20 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.20.3-1ubuntu0.1~20.04
- 1.20.3-1ubuntu0.1~20.04.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.21 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.21.1-1~ubuntu20.04.1
- 1.21.1-1~ubuntu20.04.2
- 1.21.1-1~ubuntu20.04.3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.22 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.22.2-2~20.04.1
- 1.22.2-2~20.04.2
- 1.22.2-2~20.04.3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.17 Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.17-1ubuntu2
- 1.17.3-1ubuntu1
- 1.17.3-1ubuntu2
- 1.17.13-3ubuntu1
- 1.17.13-3ubuntu1.2
- 1.17.13-3ubuntu1.3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.18 Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.18~beta1-0ubuntu1
- 1.18~beta2-1ubuntu1
- 1.18~beta2-1ubuntu2
- 1.18~rc1-1ubuntu1
- 1.18-1ubuntu1
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1.1
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1.2
- 1.18.1-1ubuntu1.3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.20 Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.20.3-1ubuntu0.1~22.04
- 1.20.3-1ubuntu0.1~22.04.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.21 Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.21.1-1~ubuntu22.04.1
- 1.21.1-1~ubuntu22.04.2
- 1.21.1-1~ubuntu22.04.3
- 1.21.1-1~ubuntu22.04.4
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.22 Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.22.2-2~22.04
- 1.22.2-2~22.04.1
- 1.22.2-2~22.04.2
- 1.22.2-2~22.04.3
- 1.22.2-2~22.04.4
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
golang-1.23 Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.23.1-1~22.04
- 1.23.1-1~22.04.2
- 1.23.1-1~22.04.3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
Original sources
- https://go.dev/cl/736711
- https://go.dev/issue/77100
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Vd2tYVM8eUc
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4339
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61731
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2434433
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-61731.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5943
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5941
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6949
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7878
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7879
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7876
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7877
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7883
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7833
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7834
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5944
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5942
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7385
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7291
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12282
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14100
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61731