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CVE-2022-30580

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Code injection
7.8CVSS HIGH

Summary

Code injection in Cmd.Start in os/exec before Go 1.17.11 and Go 1.18.3 allows execution of any binaries in the working directory named either "..com" or "..exe" by calling Cmd.Run, Cmd.Start, Cmd.Output, or Cmd.CombinedOutput when Cmd.Path is unset.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Go

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/960ffa98ce73ef2c2060c84c7ac28d37a83f345e ↗

Last checked: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:18:30 UTC