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Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.16.12stdlib: security update to 1.17.5

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428551

Description

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

 - Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 on UNIX allows write operations to an unintended file or
 unintended network connection as a consequence of erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-
 descriptor exhaustion. (CVE-2021-44717)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0289

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 428551

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: Medium

Score: 4.1

Percentile: 52.96

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44717

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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: 5/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44717