CVE-2018-16874

mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.050 · 92 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
5.04% (92nd) EPSS
CVSS 6.8 · medium
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21 products
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Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly braces (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.1

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4
v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9
v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.2
v3.18.1highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-22USCWE-22US
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affected products (21)

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GO-2022-0190Directory traversal via "go get" command in cmd/go2022-08-02vendor · osvUS

    The "go get" command is vulnerable to directory traversal when executed with the import path of a malicious Go package which contains curly brace (both '{' and '}' characters). Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). The attacker can cause an arbitrary filesystem write, which can lead to code execution.

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also known as (4)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2018-12-14modified 2026-06-17
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references (52)

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