Google Go up to 1.17.11/1.18.3 io-fs recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Google Go up to 1.17.11/1.18.3. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component io-fs. Performing a manipulation results in recursion. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-30630. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Go up to 1.17.11/1.18.3 (Programming Language Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component io-fs. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Uncontrolled recursion in Glob in io/fs before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via a path which contains a large number of path separators.

The weakness was presented 08/11/2022. The advisory is shared at go.dev. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-30630 since 05/12/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211529 (Oracle Linux 9 : grafana (ELSA-2024-9115)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.17.12 or 1.18.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (211529) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-0879). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Gentoo Linux
  • RESF Rocky Linux

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 211529
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 9 : grafana (ELSA-2024-9115)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Go 1.17.12/1.18.4

Timelineinfo

05/12/2022 🔍
08/11/2022 +91 days 🔍
08/11/2022 +0 days 🔍
03/06/2026 +1303 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2022-30c5ed5625
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-30630 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-30630
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-206133
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2022-0879 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/11/2022 10:12
Updated: 03/06/2026 20:17
Changes: 08/11/2022 10:12 (41), 09/10/2022 06:52 (1), 09/10/2022 07:01 (11), 11/20/2024 10:36 (16), 11/30/2025 10:37 (7), 03/06/2026 20:17 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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