🛡️ CVE-2024-45340 — golang

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

GOAUTH credential leak in cmd/go

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2024-45340 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • golang
  • toolchain
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 30 January 2025 and last revised on 6 February 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

go.dev (Web)
go.dev (Web)
groups.google.com (Web)
pkg.go.dev (Web)

CVE-2024-45340 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-01-30
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-02-06
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
golang — —
toolchain — —
unknown — —

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