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
This advisory covers two vulnerabilities in the Go programming language tools and libraries (go-toolset) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. CVE-2025-47906 is related to unexpected paths returned by the LookPath function in the os/exec package, potentially causing incorrect path resolution. CVE-2025-58183 concerns an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability when parsing GNU sparse map files in the archive/tar package, which could lead to resource exhaustion. Red Hat has released updated go-toolset packages to address these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to unexpected behavior in path resolution (CVE-2025-47906) and unbounded memory allocation (CVE-2025-58183), which may affect application stability or security when using the affected Go libraries. The advisory rates the overall 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 that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:22668 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
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
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers two vulnerabilities in the Go programming language tools and libraries (go-toolset) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. CVE-2025-47906 is related to unexpected paths returned by the LookPath function in the os/exec package, potentially causing incorrect path resolution. CVE-2025-58183 concerns an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability when parsing GNU sparse map files in the archive/tar package, which could lead to resource exhaustion. Red Hat has released updated go-toolset packages to address these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to unexpected behavior in path resolution (CVE-2025-47906) and unbounded memory allocation (CVE-2025-58183), which may affect application stability or security when using the affected Go libraries. The advisory rates the overall 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 that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:22668 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:22668
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-58183"]
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a160974e29bf47b5063ebfd
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:28 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 22:21:59 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 22:05:25 UTC
Views: 114
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