OS Command Injection in Go programming language - CVE-2025-4674
Published: August 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114341
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4674
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Go programming language
Go programming language
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when handling multiple VCS configuration metadata in Go toolchain. A remote attacker can trick the victim into directly cloning specially crafted Git or Mercurial repositories and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-4674
Install updates from vendor's website.