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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29404 Critical

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29404

The go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo. This may occur when running "go get" on a malicious module, or when running any other command which builds untrusted code. This is can by triggered by linker flags, specified via a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive. The arguments for a number of flags which are non-optional are incorrectly considered optional, allowing disallowed flags to be smuggled through the LDFLAGS sanitization. This affects usage of both the gc and gccgo compilers.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published June 8, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change May 20, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS golang-1.10

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS golang-1.10

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS golang-1.6

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS golang-1.10

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS golang-1.8

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS golang-1.9

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS golang-1.13

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS golang-1.14

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS golang-1.18

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS golang-1.20

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS golang-1.17

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS golang-1.18

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS golang-1.20

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS golang-1.13

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS golang-1.18

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS golang-1.13

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS golang-1.16

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS golang-1.18

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS golang-1.16

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS golang-1.13

4 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29404

The go command may execute arbitrary code at build time when using cgo. This may occur when running "go get" on a malicious module, or when running any other command which builds untrusted code. This is can by triggered by linker flags, specified via a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive. The arguments for a number of flags which are non-optional are incorrectly considered optional, allowing disallowed flags to be smuggled through the LDFLAGS sanitization. This affects usage of both the gc and gccgo compilers.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence