GOAUTH credential leak in cmd/go
Priority MEDIUM 41Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Credentials provided via the new GOAUTH feature were not being properly segmented by domain, allowing a malicious server to request credentials they should not have access to. By default, unless otherwise set, this only affected credentials stored in the users .netrc file.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00706 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed cmd/go (Go toolchain): 1.24.0-rc.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go standard library | cmd/go | 1.24.0-0 to before 1.24.0-rc.2 | 1.24.0-rc.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- cmd/go VendorGo standard library Affected 1.24.0-0 to before 1.24.0-rc.2 Fixed in 1.24.0-rc.2 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Go standard library |
- cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Go standard library
Remediation
- Fix · CNA cmd/go (Go toolchain) Fixed in 1.24.0-rc.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45340
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v5qx-579h-rr6f
References
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- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-24278 HTTP/2 CONTINUATION flood in net/http CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-05208 The "go get" implementation in Go 1.9.4, when the -insecure command-line option is used… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-16309 Panic when parsing invalid palette-color images in golang.org/x/image CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-20112 Request smuggling due to improper request handling in golang.org/x/net/http2/h2c CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-45340 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-45340 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v5qx-579h-rr6f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-45340 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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