Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.20.12stdlib: security update to 1.21.5

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428495

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Using go get to fetch a module with the ".git" suffix may unexpectedly fallback to the insecure "git://"
protocol if the module is unavailable via the secure "https://" and "git+ssh://" protocols, even if
GOINSECURE is not set for said module. This only affects users who are not using the module proxy and are
fetching modules directly (i.e. GOPROXY=off). (CVE-2023-45285)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428495

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: Golang

Published: 7/21/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45285

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45285

Detections

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