Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.16.10stdlib: security update to 1.17.3

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428577

Description

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

- Go before 1.16.10 and 1.17.x before 1.17.3 allows an archive/zip Reader.Open panic via a crafted ZIP
archive containing an invalid name or an empty filename field. (CVE-2021-41772)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0264

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428577

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: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41772

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: 1/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41772