Google: dev-lang/go: security update to 17927.0.0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450703

Description

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

- The go.mod toolchain directive, introduced in Go 1.21, can be leveraged to execute scripts and binaries
relative to the root of the module when the "go" command was executed within the module. This applies to
modules downloaded using the "go" command from the module proxy, as well as modules downloaded directly
using VCS software. (CVE-2023-39320)

Solution

Update the dev-lang/go library and its related packages to version 17927.0.0 or later.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 450703

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39320

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39320