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CVE-2018-7187

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 63.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-02-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

The "go get" implementation in Go 1.9.4, when the -insecure command-line option is used, does not validate the import path (get/vcs.go only checks for "://" anywhere in the string), which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted web site.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0, 9.0
• Go: before 1.9.5; from 1.10 before 1.10.1 — fixed in 1.10.1, 1.9.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Go 1.10.1, 1.9.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gist.github.com/SLAYEROWNER/b2a358f13ab267f2e9543bb9f9320ffc
• https://github.com/golang/go/issues/23867
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00029.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-12
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4379
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4380
• https://gist.github.com/SLAYEROWNER/b2a358f13ab267f2e9543bb9f9320ffc
• https://github.com/golang/go/issues/23867
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00029.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-12
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4379
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4380

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