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

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428575

Description

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

 - Rat.SetString in math/big in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 has an overflow that can lead to
 Uncontrolled Memory Consumption. (CVE-2022-23772)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0317

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428575

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23772

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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: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-2022-23772