Google: dev-lang/go: security update to 18137.0.0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450448

Description

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

- Using go get to fetch a module with the ".git" suffix may unexpectedly fallback to the insecure "git://"
protocol if the module is unavailable via the secure "https://" and "git+ssh://" protocols, even if
GOINSECURE is not set for said module. This only affects users who are not using the module proxy and are
fetching modules directly (i.e. GOPROXY=off). (CVE-2023-45285)

Solution

Update the dev-lang/go library and its related packages to version 18137.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-113.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 450448

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45285

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45285