Vulnerability in Golang Go
CVE-2025-61731
Building a malicious file with cmd/go can cause can cause a write to an attacker-controlled file with partial control of the file content. The "#cgo pkg-config:" directive in a Go source file provides command-line arguments to provide to the Go pkg-config command. An attacker can provide a "--log-file" argument to this directive, causing pkg-config to write to an attacker-controlled location.
EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Golang Go
- Go Toolchain Cmd/go — versions 0, 1.25.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@golang.org (Patch)
- security@golang.org (Issue Tracking)
- security@golang.org (Mailing List, Release Notes)
- security@golang.org (Vendor Advisory)
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-61731?
- CVE-2025-61731 is a high-severity vulnerability in Golang Go, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-01-28.
- How severe is CVE-2025-61731?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.