What is CVE-2018-12976?

CVE-2018-12976 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Godoc Go Doc Dot Org, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-12976?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Godoc Go Doc Dot Org

CVE-2018-12976

In Go Doc Dot Org (gddo) through 2018-06-27, an attacker could use specially crafted <go-import> tags in packages being fetched by gddo to cause a directory traversal and remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-07-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.045 (91.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Godoc Go Doc Dot Org

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

groups.google.com/forum/ (mailing-list)
github.com/golang/gddo/commit/daffe1f90ec57f8ed69464f9094753fc6452e983 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12976?: CVE-2018-12976 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Godoc Go Doc Dot Org, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-12976?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.