Red Hat Security Advisory: golang security update
The golang packages provide the Go programming language compiler. 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
The golang packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 contain two security flaws. CVE-2025-47906 is related to the os/exec package where LookPath may return unexpected paths, potentially leading to incorrect executable resolution. CVE-2025-58183 involves the archive/tar package, where parsing GNU sparse maps can cause unbounded memory allocation, which could lead to resource exhaustion. Red Hat has issued an update (golang-1.17.13-8.el9_0) addressing these vulnerabilities. The advisory does not provide CVSS scores but rates the impact as moderate.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could cause unexpected behavior in applications using the os/exec LookPath function and potential resource exhaustion due to unbounded memory allocation in archive/tar when handling specially crafted GNU sparse maps. The overall security impact is rated moderate by Red Hat. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated golang packages (version 1.17.13-8.el9_0) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:22899) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: golang security update
Description
The golang packages provide the Go programming language compiler. 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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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The golang packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 contain two security flaws. CVE-2025-47906 is related to the os/exec package where LookPath may return unexpected paths, potentially leading to incorrect executable resolution. CVE-2025-58183 involves the archive/tar package, where parsing GNU sparse maps can cause unbounded memory allocation, which could lead to resource exhaustion. Red Hat has issued an update (golang-1.17.13-8.el9_0) addressing these vulnerabilities. The advisory does not provide CVSS scores but rates the impact as moderate.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could cause unexpected behavior in applications using the os/exec LookPath function and potential resource exhaustion due to unbounded memory allocation in archive/tar when handling specially crafted GNU sparse maps. The overall security impact is rated moderate by Red Hat. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated golang packages (version 1.17.13-8.el9_0) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:22899) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the 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-2025:22899
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-58183"]
Threat ID: 6a160974e29bf47b5063ebe0
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:28 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 22:21:23 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:50 UTC
Views: 72
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