Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.12.16stdlib: security update to 1.13.7

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428557

Description

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

- Go before 1.12.16 and 1.13.x before 1.13.7 (and the crypto/cryptobyte package before
0.0.0-20200124225646-8b5121be2f68 for Go) allows attacks on clients (resulting in a panic) via a malformed
X.509 certificate. (CVE-2020-7919)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0229

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428557

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-2020-7919

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: 7/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7919