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 (40)

Core 40
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0053
EPSS Percentile 41.2%
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

CWE
CWE-88
Status published
Products (3)
Go toolchain/cmd/go < 1.24.12
Go toolchain/cmd/go 1.25.0 - 1.25.6
golang/go < 1.24.12
Published Jan 28, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026