Google Go 1.24rc2 cmd-go executable_path/loader_path/rpath command injection

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Google Go 1.24rc2. Affected is an unknown function of the component cmd-go. The manipulation of the argument executable_path/loader_path/rpath results in command injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-22867. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Go 1.24rc2. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component cmd-go. The manipulation of the argument executable_path/loader_path/rpath with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

On Darwin, building a Go module which contains CGO can trigger arbitrary code execution when using the Apple version of ld, due to usage of the @executable_path, @loader_path, or @rpath special values in a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive. This issue only affected go1.24rc2.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-22867 since 01/08/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/13/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216199 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : govulncheck-vulndb (SUSE-SU-2025:0429-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.24.0-rc3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (216199). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Programming Language Software

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• Google

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• Go

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• 1.24rc2

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.google.com/

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