CVE-2025-22867: Arbitrary code execution during build on darwin in cmd/go

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-02-06 · 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 @executable_path, @loader_path, or @rpath special values in a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive. This issue only affected go1.24rc2.

Affected products

Go: from 1.24.0-rc.2 before 1.24.0-rc.3 — fixed in 1.24.0-rc.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Go 1.24.0-rc.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://go.dev/cl/646996
https://go.dev/issue/71476
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/TYzikTgHK6Y
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3428

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