Go before 1.14.14 and 1.15.x before 1.15.7 on Windows is vulnerable to Command Injection…
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-427Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 6 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-427.
Summary
Go before 1.14.14 and 1.15.x before 1.15.7 on Windows is vulnerable to Command Injection and remote code execution when using the "go get" command to fetch modules that make use of cgo (for example, cgo can execute a gcc program from an untrusted download).
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.06905 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 6 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.14.14; 1.15 to before 1.15.7 | Vulnerable | Go standard library |
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Microsoft |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 33 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_insights_telegraf_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | NetApp |
| cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storagegrid:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | NetApp |
- cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.14.14; 1.15 to before 1.15.7 Vulnerable ·Go standard library
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 33 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_insights_telegraf_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·NetApp
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storagegrid:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·NetApp
Remediation
Red Hat 6 advisories
- RHSA-2021:2095 Released 2021-05-24 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of OpenShift Serverless Client kn 1.14.1 security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0 openshift-serverless-clients-0.20.0-7.el8
- RHSA-2021:2093 Released 2021-05-24 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of OpenShift Serverless 1.14.1 security update
- Openshift Serverless 1.14 openshift-serverless-1/kn-cli-artifacts-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/knative-rhel8-operator, openshift-serverless-1/serverless-operator-bundle
- RHSA-2021:2021 Released 2021-05-19 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of OpenShift Serverless 1.10.2 security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.10 openshift-serverless-1/client-kn-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/ingress-rhel8-operator, openshift-serverless-1/kn-cli-artifacts-rhel8 +12
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2021:1746 Released 2021-05-18 · Red Hat rating Moderatego-toolset:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) delve-1.5.0-2.module+el8.4.0+8864+58b0fcdb.src::go-toolset:rhel8, delve-1.5.0-2.module+el8.4.0+8864+58b0fcdb.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8, go-toolset-1.15.7-1.module+el8.4.0+9580+3b0e6c24.aarch64::go-toolset:rhel8 +18
- RHSA-2021:1338 Released 2021-04-22 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of OpenShift Serverless 1.14.0 security update
- Openshift Serverless 1.14 openshift-serverless-1/client-kn-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/eventing-apiserver-receive-adapter-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/eventing-controller-rhel8 +25
- RHSA-2021:1339 Released 2021-04-22 · Red Hat rating ModerateRelease of OpenShift Serverless Client kn 1.14.0 and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0 openshift-serverless-clients-0.20.0-6.el8
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Serverless | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Openshift Serverless 1.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2021:1338, RHSA-2021:2093 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2021:1746 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2021:1339, RHSA-2021:2095 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2021:2021 |
Not affected: 10 products
- Distributed Tracing Jaeger 1
- OpenShift Service Mesh 1
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 2
- Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4
- Red Hat Storage 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3115
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-79cw-x93g-q95p
References
Sources
- CVE-2021-3115 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-3115 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-79cw-x93g-q95p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2021-3115 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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