CVE-2018-12976

critical

Description

In Go Doc Dot Org (gddo) through 2018-06-27, an attacker could use specially crafted <go-import> tags in packages being fetched by gddo to cause a directory traversal and remote code execution.

References

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/golang-announce/4rpTbfzYB1k/no6MEwlQAwAJ

https://github.com/golang/gddo/commit/daffe1f90ec57f8ed69464f9094753fc6452e983

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-07-05

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03823