Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.16.14stdlib: security update to 1.17.7

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428532

Description

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

- cmd/go in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can misinterpret branch names that falsely appear to
be version tags. This can lead to incorrect access control if an actor is supposed to be able to create
branches but not tags. (CVE-2022-23773)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0318

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428532

Version: Revision 1.2

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23773

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23773