CVE-2018-12976 — In Go Doc Dot Org (gddo) through 2018-06-27, an attacker could use specially cra

In Go Doc Dot Org (gddo) through 2018-06-27, an attacker could use specially crafted <go-import> tags in packages being fetched by gddo to cause a directory traversal and remote code execution.

01What is this vulnerability?

In Go Doc Dot Org (gddo) through 2018-06-27, an attacker could use specially crafted <go-import> tags in packages being fetched by gddo to cause a directory traversal and remote code execution.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-07-05T18:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T08:52:49.219Z

09References

• groups.google.com — https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/golang-announce/4rpTbfzYB1k/no6MEwlQAwAJ
• github.com — https://github.com/golang/gddo/commit/daffe1f90ec57f8ed69464f9094753fc6452e983