CVE-2023-39320

critical

Description

The go.mod toolchain directive, introduced in Go 1.21, can be leveraged to execute scripts and binaries relative to the root of the module when the "go" command was executed within the module. This applies to modules downloaded using the "go" command from the module proxy, as well as modules downloaded directly using VCS software.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231020-0004/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-2042

https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/2C5vbR-UNkI/m/L1hdrPhfBAAJ

https://go.dev/issue/62198

https://go.dev/cl/526158

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-43052

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-09-08

Updated: 2026-06-17

Named Vulnerability: GO-2023-2042Named Vulnerability: GHSA-rxv8-v965-v333

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01757