CVE-2022-30580

Empty Cmd.Path can trigger unintended binary in os/exec on Windows

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Aug 9, 2022
Updated: Mar 6, 2026
Reserved: May 11, 2022

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
os/execGo standard library	before 1.17.11Affected 1.18.0-0 to before 1.18.3Affected

References

https://go.dev/cl/403759
https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/960ffa98ce73ef2c2060c84c7ac28d37a83f345e
https://go.dev/issue/52574
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/TzIC9-t8Ytg/m/IWz5T6x7AAAJ
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0532

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