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.
References
Link Resource
https://go.dev/cl/736711 Patch
https://go.dev/issue/77100 Issue Tracking
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Vd2tYVM8eUc Mailing List Release Notes
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4339 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12118
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12282
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13736
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14100
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14774
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15091
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17598
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20088
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21691
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3556
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3559
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3855
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4434
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5941
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5942
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5943
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5944
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5948
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5950
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5952
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6949
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7291
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7385
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7833
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7834
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7876
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7877
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7878
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7879
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7883
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8448
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61731
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2434433
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-61731.json
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2026-01-28 20:16

Updated : 2026-09-10 13:17


NVD link : CVE-2025-61731

Mitre link : CVE-2025-61731

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-61731


JSON object : View

Products Affected

golang

  • go
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')