Malicious user input may lead to RCE in golang.org/x/playground
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- 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
A malicious txtar could escape the intended execution context and force arbitrary writes to the playground host's trusted filesystem. Disjointly, one of the three possible paths to invoke go vet on the playground host did not correctly restrict the execution environment. This permitted a Go process to make a read for an environment configuration file rooted in the playground host's $HOME. Together, a well-crafted go env file and the go vet invocation could lead to remote code execution in the playground host itself. This does not affect users of go.dev/play directly; however, it may affect independent deployments of golang.org/x/playground.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| golang.org/x/playground | golang.org/x/playground | before 0.0.0-20260924211604-6d73cff14c17 | 0.0.0-20260924211604-6d73cff14c17 | Patch available | CNA |
- golang.org/x/playground Vendorgolang.org/x/playground Affected before 0.0.0-20260924211604-6d73cff14c17 Fixed in 0.0.0-20260924211604-6d73cff14c17 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA golang.org/x/playground (golang.org/x/playground) Fixed in 0.0.0-20260924211604-6d73cff14c17
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-94445
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f83q-fx9f-w4gg
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-94445 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-94445 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f83q-fx9f-w4gg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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