Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.19.7stdlib: security update to 1.20.2

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428531

Description

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

- The ScalarMult and ScalarBaseMult methods of the P256 Curve may return an incorrect result if called with
some specific unreduced scalars (a scalar larger than the order of the curve). This does not impact usages
of crypto/ecdsa or crypto/ecdh. (CVE-2023-24532)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1621

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 428531

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Golang

Published: 7/21/2025

Updated: 7/21/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24532

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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: 3/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-24532