Google Go up to 1.17.11/1.18.3 encoding-gob recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Go up to 1.17.11/1.18.3. This affects an unknown function of the component encoding-gob. This manipulation causes recursion. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-30635. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Google Go up to 1.17.11/1.18.3 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component encoding-gob. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Uncontrolled recursion in Decoder.Decode in encoding/gob before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via a message which contains deeply nested structures.

The weakness was disclosed 08/11/2022. The advisory is shared at go.dev. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-30635 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 208109 (Amazon Linux 2 : golang (ALAS-2024-2643)), 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 (208109) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-0879). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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ADP CISA Base Score: 7.5
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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: 208109
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux 2 : golang (ALAS-2024-2643)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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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-2022-30635 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-30635
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-206137
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2022-0879 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/11/2022 10:15
Updated: 03/06/2026 20:17
Changes: 08/11/2022 10:15 (41), 09/10/2022 07:40 (1), 09/10/2022 07:45 (11), 10/04/2024 06:56 (16), 11/30/2025 10:37 (7), 03/06/2026 20:17 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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