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CVE-2025-61731VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: go-toolset:rhel8 security update

Affects Red Hat go-toolset:rhel8Source GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Authoritative record:CVE-2025-61731· High 7.8

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 26 Oct 2026, 17:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 48% 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:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Jan 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade cmd/go to 1.25.6 or 1.24.12.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Go toolchaincmd/goAffected
  • >=1.25.0 <1.25.6
Fixed in
  • 1.25.6
Go toolchaincmd/goAffected
  • <1.24.12
Fixed in
  • 1.24.12
Gocmd/gopkg:golang/cmd/goOther threatsAffected
  • <1.24.12
  • >=1.25.0 <1.25.6
Fixed in
  • 1.24.12
  • 1.25.6

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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

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