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01 Record

CVE-2018-16873

In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to remote code execution when executed with the -u flag and the import path of a malicious Go package, or a package

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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02 Description

In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to remote code execution when executed with the -u flag and the import path of a malicious Go package, or a package

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
66.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 99.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-12-14 14:00Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 10:32Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-09-11
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.5)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
df761e707b38f5543a301416ed5a2ad60423abd2b33e729b628f24cec499bc15

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
[UNKNOWN]golang1.10.6, 1.11.3—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • go
    Fixed in 2:1.11.3-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • golang-1.10
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • golang-1.10
    No fix yet
  • golang-1.6
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • golang-1.10
    No fix yet
  • golang-1.8
    No fix yet
  • golang-1.9
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.