Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.15.13stdlib: security update to 1.16.5

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428553

Description

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

- In archive/zip in Go before 1.15.13 and 1.16.x before 1.16.5, a crafted file count (in an archive's
header) can cause a NewReader or OpenReader panic. (CVE-2021-33196)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0240

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428553

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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33196

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33196