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CVE-2022-23773

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-436

Description

cmd/go in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can misinterpret branch names that falsely appear to be version tags. This can lead to incorrect access control if an actor is supposed to be able to create branches but not tags.

Affected products

• Go: before 1.16.14; from 1.17.0 before 1.17.7 — fixed in 1.16.14, 1.17.7
• NetApp Beegfs Csi Driver: all versions
• NetApp Cloud Insights Telegraf Agent: all versions
• NetApp Kubernetes Monitoring Operator: all versions
• NetApp StorageGRID: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Go 1.16.14, 1.17.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/SUsQn0aSgPQ
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0006/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/SUsQn0aSgPQ
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0006/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

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