CVE-2022-30580 (GCVE-0-2022-30580)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-09 20:18 – Updated: 2026-03-06 17:34
VLAI
Title
Empty Cmd.Path can trigger unintended binary in os/exec on Windows
Summary
Code injection in Cmd.Start in os/exec before Go 1.17.11 and Go 1.18.3 allows execution of any binaries in the working directory named either "..com" or "..exe" by calling Cmd.Run, Cmd.Start, Cmd.Output, or Cmd.CombinedOutput when Cmd.Path is unset.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
Go
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Go standard library os/exec Affected: 0 , < 1.17.11 (semver)
Affected: 1.18.0-0 , < 1.18.3 (semver)
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Credits
Chris Darroch (chrisd8088@github.com) brian m. carlson (bk2204@github.com) Mikhail Shcherbakov (https://twitter.com/yu5k3)
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