Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.13.15stdlib: security update to 1.14.7

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428567

Description

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

- Go before 1.13.15 and 14.x before 1.14.7 can have an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in
encoding/binary via invalid inputs. (CVE-2020-16845)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0142

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428567

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-2020-16845

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: 7/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16845