Description
Building a malicious package that uses cgo could bypass "#cgo LDFLAGS" validation and cause unexpected code execution at build time, or cause the go command to panic, via crafted quoting in "//go:cgo_ldflag" directives. When "cmd/cgo" generates "_cgo_gotypes.go", it quotes each "#cgo LDFLAGS" argument with strconv.Quote in a "//go:cgo_ldflag" directive, but "cmd/compile" and "cmd/go" parsed those directives by splitting on raw quote characters without handling backslash escapes or unquoting the string. This mismatch allowed disallowed linker flags or unvalidated linker search paths to be smuggled past the go command's flag checks and passed to the external linker. In addition, deduplicating LDFLAGS in the go command could panic with an out-of-bounds slice index when a prefix of the flag list matched near the end of the slice. "cmd/compile" and "cmd/go" now properly handle backslash-escaped quotes and unquote "//go:cgo_*" pragma strings with strconv.Unquote, and the slice bounds check in processCgoOutputs has been fixed.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go toolchain | cmd/go | 0 <1.26.11 | — |
| Go toolchain | cmd/go | 1.27.0-0 <1.27.4 | — |
| Go toolchain | cmd/compile | 0 <1.26.11 | — |
| Go toolchain | cmd/compile | 1.27.0-0 <1.27.4 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | golang-1.26 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | golang-1.24 | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | golang-1.19 | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | golang-1.26 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | golang-1.23 +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | golang-1.21 +5 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | golang-1.17 +8 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | golang-1.13 +5 | No fix yet | — |
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | golang-1.8 +2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | golang-1.6 +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | golang-1.10 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | golang-1.13 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | golang-1.16 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | golang-1.13 +2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | golang-1.13 +1 | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | go1.26 | 1.26.11-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:12529-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | toolchain | < 1.26.11 · >= 1.27.0-0, < 1.27.4 | 1.26.11, 1.27.4 | GO-2026-6848 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2026:12529-1 go1.26-1.26.11-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Nov 12, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-4370 Golang Go: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 11, 2026