Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update
Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang. Security Fix(es): * os/exec: Unexpected paths returned from LookPath in os/exec (CVE-2025-47906) * golang: archive/tar: Unbounded allocation when parsing GNU sparse map (CVE-2025-58183) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
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, and CVE-2025-58183, which involves unbounded allocation during parsing of GNU sparse maps in the archive/tar package. These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to unexpected behavior or resource exhaustion. The advisory provides updated packages to fix these issues for multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants including AUS, E4S, and TUS. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the impact is rated as moderate.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could cause unexpected behavior in path resolution (CVE-2025-47906) and unbounded memory allocation (CVE-2025-58183) when processing certain archive formats, potentially leading to resource exhaustion or application instability. Red Hat rates the overall security impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated go-toolset packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official updates as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:23733 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update
Description
Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang. Security Fix(es): * os/exec: Unexpected paths returned from LookPath in os/exec (CVE-2025-47906) * golang: archive/tar: Unbounded allocation when parsing GNU sparse map (CVE-2025-58183) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
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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, and CVE-2025-58183, which involves unbounded allocation during parsing of GNU sparse maps in the archive/tar package. These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to unexpected behavior or resource exhaustion. The advisory provides updated packages to fix these issues for multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants including AUS, E4S, and TUS. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the impact is rated as moderate.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could cause unexpected behavior in path resolution (CVE-2025-47906) and unbounded memory allocation (CVE-2025-58183) when processing certain archive formats, potentially leading to resource exhaustion or application instability. Red Hat rates the overall security impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated go-toolset packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official updates as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:23733 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. 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"]
Threat ID: 6a160974e29bf47b5063d595
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:28 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 22:16:07 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC
Views: 86
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