Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.19.9stdlib: security update to 1.20.4

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428509

Description

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

- Not all valid JavaScript whitespace characters are considered to be whitespace. Templates containing
whitespace characters outside of the character set "\t\n\f\r\u0020\u2028\u2029" in JavaScript contexts
that also contain actions may not be properly sanitized during execution. (CVE-2023-24540)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1752

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 428509

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-24540