Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update
Affects Red Hat go-toolset:rhel8Source GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High : upgrade Red Hat go to 1.25.6 or 1.24.12 soon.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 49% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.25.6, 1.24.12
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Jan 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade cmd/go to 1.25.6 or 1.24.12.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| Go toolchaincmd/go | Affected
| Fixed in
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| Go toolchaincmd/go | Affected
| Fixed in
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Gocmd/gopkg:golang/cmd/goOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated go-toolset packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:6949 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerabilities. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Description
Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang. Security Fix(es): * cmd/go: cmd/go: Arbitrary file write via malicious pkg-config directive (CVE-2025-61731) * net/url: Incorrect parsing of IPv6 host literals in net/url (CVE-2026-25679) 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.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6949 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2434433 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2445356 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_6949.json (opens in a new tab)