Google: dev-lang/go: security update to 18867.294.88

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 452934

Description

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

- Within HostnameError.Error(), when constructing an error string, there is no limit to the number of hosts
that will be printed out. Furthermore, the error string is constructed by repeated string concatenation,
leading to quadratic runtime. Therefore, a certificate provided by a malicious actor can result in
excessive resource consumption. (CVE-2025-61729)

Solution

Update the dev-lang/go library and its related packages to version 18867.294.88 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 452934

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61729

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61729

Detections

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