CVE-2025-61731

Published Jan 28, 2026

Last updated a month ago

CVSS high 7.8
Golang
Mysql

Overview

Description
Building a malicious file with cmd/go can cause can cause a write to an attacker-controlled file with partial control of the file content. The "#cgo pkg-config:" directive in a Go source file provides command-line arguments to provide to the Go pkg-config command. An attacker can provide a "--log-file" argument to this directive, causing pkg-config to write to an attacker-controlled location.
Source
security@golang.org
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
go

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending
  1. πŸ” Lambda Watchdog detected that CVE-2025-61731 is no longer present in latest AWS Lambda base image scans. https://t.co/djwqDoem3X #AWS #Lambda #Security #CVE #DevOps #SecOps

    @LambdaWatchdog

    23 Feb 2026

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  2. 🚨 New HIGH CVE detected in AWS Lambda 🚨 CVE-2025-61731 impacts libcap in 20 Lambda base images. Details: https://t.co/djwqDoem3X More: https://t.co/6EUGaPyRZk #AWS #Lambda #CVE #CloudSecurity #Serverless

    @LambdaWatchdog

    8 Feb 2026

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  3. A high severity arbitrary file write vulnerability (CVE-2025-61731) has been identified in the Go language (golang) cmd/go tool via cgo pkg-config directives. Developers should review build processes. #golang #infosec #vulnerability https://t.co/BARi1zf4I4

    @pulsepatchio

    1 Feb 2026

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  4. CVE-2025-61731 Building a malicious file with cmd/go can cause can cause a write to an attacker-controlled file with partial control of the file content. The "#cgo pkg-config:" dire… https://t.co/10dh76HF77

    @CVEnew

    28 Jan 2026

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  5. πŸ₯³ Go 1.26 Release Candidate 2 is released! πŸ” Security: Includes security fixes for archive/zip (CVE-2025-61728), net/http (CVE-2025-61726), crypto/tls (CVE-2025-68121, CVE-2025-61730), cmd/go (CVE-2025-61731, CVE-2025-68119). πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ Run it in dev! Run it in prod! F

    @golang

    15 Jan 2026

    22045 Impressions

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  6. 🎊 Go 1.25.6 and 1.24.12 are released! πŸ” Security: Includes security fixes for archive/zip (CVE-2025-61728), net/http (CVE-2025-61726), crypto/tls (CVE-2025-68121, CVE-2025-61730), cmd/go (CVE-2025-61731, CVE-2025-68119). πŸ“£ Announcement: https://t.co/seVA1REoeH πŸ“¦ Do

    @golang

    15 Jan 2026

    14651 Impressions

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  7. A Go release scheduled for Thursday, Jan 15th covering CVE-2025-61728 CVE-2025-61726 CVE-2025-68121 CVE-2025-61731 CVE-2025-68119, all currently embargoed. Reports of an SSH 0-day, in context of Go's crypto/ssh module.β€‹β€Œβ£β€Œβ£β€Œβ€Œβ€Œβ€Œβ€Œβ£β£β€Œβ€Œβ€Œβ€Œβ£β€Œβ£β£

    @_mattata

    13 Jan 2026

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