Red Hat Security Advisory: golang security update
Red Hat has issued a moderate severity security advisory for the golang packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. 4 Extended Update Support. The update addresses two vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-47906, involving unexpected paths returned from LookPath in the os/exec package, and CVE-2025-58183, an unbounded allocation issue when parsing GNU sparse map in the archive/tar package. These vulnerabilities affect multiple architectures and versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat has released updated golang packages to remediate these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The golang packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux provide the Go programming language compiler. Two security issues have been identified and fixed: CVE-2025-47906 concerns unexpected paths returned by the LookPath function in the os/exec package, which could lead to unexpected behavior. CVE-2025-58183 involves an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability when parsing GNU sparse map data in the archive/tar package, potentially leading to resource exhaustion. Red Hat has released updated golang packages for various architectures in RHEL 9.4 Extended Update Support to address these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could cause unexpected behavior in programs using os/exec LookPath and potential unbounded memory allocation in archive/tar when handling GNU sparse map data. The advisory rates the security impact as Moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated golang packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:21856) to remediate the issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Patch status is confirmed as fixed by Red Hat.
Red Hat Security Advisory: golang security update
Description
Red Hat has issued a moderate severity security advisory for the golang packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. 4 Extended Update Support. The update addresses two vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-47906, involving unexpected paths returned from LookPath in the os/exec package, and CVE-2025-58183, an unbounded allocation issue when parsing GNU sparse map in the archive/tar package. These vulnerabilities affect multiple architectures and versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat has released updated golang packages to remediate these issues.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The golang packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux provide the Go programming language compiler. Two security issues have been identified and fixed: CVE-2025-47906 concerns unexpected paths returned by the LookPath function in the os/exec package, which could lead to unexpected behavior. CVE-2025-58183 involves an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability when parsing GNU sparse map data in the archive/tar package, potentially leading to resource exhaustion. Red Hat has released updated golang packages for various architectures in RHEL 9.4 Extended Update Support to address these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could cause unexpected behavior in programs using os/exec LookPath and potential unbounded memory allocation in archive/tar when handling GNU sparse map data. The advisory rates the security impact as Moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated golang packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:21856) to remediate the issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Patch status is confirmed as fixed by Red Hat.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:21856
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-58183"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a160975e29bf47b5063f74b
Added to database: 5/26/2026, 8:58:29 PM
Last enriched: 5/27/2026, 12:05:01 AM
Last updated: 5/27/2026, 4:54:44 AM
Views: 2
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