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CVE-2016-3958

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, related to use of the LoadLibrary function.

Affected products

• Go: from 1.5 before 1.5.4; from 1.6 before 1.6.1; 1.6 — fixed in 1.5.4, 1.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Go 1.5.4, 1.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2
• https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959
• https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2
• https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959
• https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck

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