What is CVE-2025-22867?

CVE-2025-22867 is a high-severity vulnerability in Go Toolchain Cmd/go, classified under CWE-77: IMPROPER NEUTRALIZATION OF SPECIAL ELEMENTS USED IN A COMMAND ('COMMAND INJECTION'). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2025-22867?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Go Toolchain Cmd/go

CVE-2025-22867

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Go Toolchain Cmd/go — versions 1.24.0-rc.2

References

security@golang.org
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22867?: CVE-2025-22867 is a high-severity vulnerability in Go Toolchain Cmd/go, classified under CWE-77: IMPROPER NEUTRALIZATION OF SPECIAL ELEMENTS USED IN A COMMAND ('COMMAND INJECTION'). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2025-22867?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.