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Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.10.6stdlib: security update to 1.11.3
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428580
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to remote code execution
when executed with the -u flag and the import path of a malicious Go package, or a package that imports it
directly or indirectly. Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the
distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). Using custom domains,
it's possible to arrange things so that a Git repository is cloned to a folder named ".git" by using a
vanity import path that ends with "/.git". If the Git repository root contains a "HEAD" file, a "config"
file, an "objects" directory, a "refs" directory, with some work to ensure the proper ordering of
operations, "go get -u" can be tricked into considering the parent directory as a repository root, and
running Git commands on it. That will use the "config" file in the original Git repository root for its
configuration, and if that config file contains malicious commands, they will execute on the system
running "go get -u". (CVE-2018-16873)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 428580
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: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.15
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16873
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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
Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-16873
BID: 106226