CVE-2018-16874
In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly braces (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.1 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 5.0% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2018-8665)
- Published
- December 14, 2018
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2018-8665 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- golang / go
- opensuse / backports sle
- opensuse / leap
- opensuse / leap
- opensuse / leap
- suse / linux enterprise server
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 12 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0962-2016 - archived
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00044.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00060.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00011.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00015.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00041.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106228(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16874(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#%21topic/golang-announce/Kw31K8G7Fi0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00014.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00015.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-09(Mitigation, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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