Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update
This advisory addresses two moderate severity vulnerabilities in the Go Toolset provided by Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 6. The first vulnerability (CVE-2025-47906) involves unexpected paths returned by the LookPath function in the os/exec package. The second vulnerability (CVE-2025-58183) concerns unbounded memory allocation when parsing GNU sparse maps in the archive/tar package. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these issues in the go-toolset module for RHEL 8. 6. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
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Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:23733) for the go-toolset module in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6, addressing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-47906, where the os/exec package's LookPath function may return unexpected paths, potentially affecting command execution logic; and CVE-2025-58183, where the archive/tar package can perform unbounded memory allocation when parsing GNU sparse map files, which could lead to resource exhaustion. These issues have been fixed in updated go-toolset packages provided by Red Hat. The advisory rates the security impact as Moderate and provides updated packages for affected RHEL 8.6 variants. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, and no exploits are known in the wild.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could cause unexpected behavior in Go programs using the os/exec LookPath function and may lead to unbounded memory allocation when handling certain archive files, potentially impacting system stability or security. However, Red Hat rates the overall impact as Moderate and no active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated go-toolset packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:23733 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. Patch status is confirmed as fixed by Red Hat. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update
Description
This advisory addresses two moderate severity vulnerabilities in the Go Toolset provided by Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 6. The first vulnerability (CVE-2025-47906) involves unexpected paths returned by the LookPath function in the os/exec package. The second vulnerability (CVE-2025-58183) concerns unbounded memory allocation when parsing GNU sparse maps in the archive/tar package. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these issues in the go-toolset module for RHEL 8. 6. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
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Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:23733) for the go-toolset module in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6, addressing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-47906, where the os/exec package's LookPath function may return unexpected paths, potentially affecting command execution logic; and CVE-2025-58183, where the archive/tar package can perform unbounded memory allocation when parsing GNU sparse map files, which could lead to resource exhaustion. These issues have been fixed in updated go-toolset packages provided by Red Hat. The advisory rates the security impact as Moderate and provides updated packages for affected RHEL 8.6 variants. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, and no exploits are known in the wild.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could cause unexpected behavior in Go programs using the os/exec LookPath function and may lead to unbounded memory allocation when handling certain archive files, potentially impacting system stability or security. However, Red Hat rates the overall impact as Moderate and no active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated go-toolset packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:23733 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. Patch status is confirmed as fixed by Red Hat. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:23733
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-58183"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a160974e29bf47b5063d595
Added to database: 5/26/2026, 8:58:28 PM
Last enriched: 5/27/2026, 12:07:25 AM
Last updated: 5/27/2026, 5:01:05 AM
Views: 3
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