CVE-2025-61731

HIGH

cmd/go - Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

Status published
Products (1)
golang/go < 1.24.12
Published Jan 28, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026