Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.5.4stdlib: security update to 1.6.1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428591

Description

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

- Untrusted search path vulnerability in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 on Windows allows local
users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, related to use of the
LoadLibrary function. (CVE-2016-3958)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0163

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428591

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: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3958

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 1/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3958

BID: 85877