CVE-2018-16874
In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly braces (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
137 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly braces (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.
The "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly brace (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00041.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106228
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16874
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#%21topic/golang-announce/Kw31K8G7Fi0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00014.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-09
- https://go.dev/cl/154101
- https://go.dev/issue/29230
- https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/bc82d7c7db83487e05d7a88e06549d4ae2a688c3
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Kw31K8G7Fi0