CVE-2026-27140 (GCVE-0-2026-27140)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-08 01:06 – Updated: 2026-04-09 03:55
VLAI?
Title
Code execution vulnerability in SWIG code generation in cmd/go
Summary
SWIG file names containing 'cgo' and well-crafted payloads could lead to code smuggling and arbitrary code execution at build time due to trust layer bypass.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-501 - Trust Boundary Violation
Assigner
Go
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Go toolchain cmd/go Affected: 0 , < 1.25.9 (semver)
Affected: 1.26.0-0 , < 1.26.2 (semver)
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Credits
Juho Forsén of Mattermost
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