CVE-2020-28366

high
Published 2022-07-28 · Modified 2024-05-20
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

Code injection in the go command with cgo before Go 1.14.12 and Go 1.15.5 allows arbitrary code execution at build time via a malicious unquoted symbol name in a linked object file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28366

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28366.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202011-16

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2:1.15.5-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbullseyefixed1.15.5-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gotoolchain>=1.15.0-0,<1.15.51.14.12

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.