CVE-2025-61731
Building a malicious file with cmd/go can cause can cause a write to an attacker-controlled file with partial control of the file content. The "#cgo pkg-config:" directive in a Go source file provides command-line arguments to provide to the Go pkg-config command. An attacker can provide a "--log-file" argument to this directive, causing pkg-config to write to an attacker-controlled location.
Published:Jan 28, 2026
Last Modified:Feb 26, 2026
EPS:Jan 28, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00008
CVSS Score:7.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Golang
Product
Go
Golang
Go
Vendor
Gotoolchain
Product
Cmd/go
Gotoolchain
Cmd/go
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
