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

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428573

Description

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

- Curve.IsOnCurve in crypto/elliptic in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can incorrectly return
true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element. (CVE-2022-23806)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0319

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 428573

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23806

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 5/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23806