Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.16.1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428587

Description

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

- archive/zip in Go 1.16.x before 1.16.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) upon
attempted use of the Reader.Open API for a ZIP archive in which ../ occurs at the beginning of any
filename. (CVE-2021-27919)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0067

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 428587

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27919

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 4/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27919