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CVE-2024-24787: Arbitrary code execution during build on Darwin in cmd/go

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

On Darwin, building a Go module which contains CGO can trigger arbitrary code execution when using the Apple version of ld, due to usage of the -lto_library flag in a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive.

Affected products

• Go: 1.21.0, 1.22

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/08/3
• https://go.dev/cl/583815
• https://go.dev/issue/67119
• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/wkkO4P9stm0
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2825
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0006/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/08/3
• https://go.dev/cl/583815
• https://go.dev/issue/67119
• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/wkkO4P9stm0
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2825
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240531-0006/

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