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CVE-2020-28366

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28366 describes a code injection vulnerability in the Go command's cgo functionality, affecting Go versions prior to 1.14.12 and 1.15.5, as well as products from fedoraproject, golang, and netapp. This flaw allows for arbitrary code execution during the build process if a malicious, unquoted symbol name is present in a linked object file. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires user interaction and has high attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.14.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.15, < 1.15.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_insights_telegraf_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0224 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 1,566 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (46)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17080-17084Fixed in: 2.16.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19696-17084Fixed in: 2.16.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19049-16820Fixed in: 1.15.13-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: python3-tensorboard-data-server-2.16.2-2.azl3.x86_64.rpm on Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 2.16.2-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: python3-tensorboard-2.16.2-2.azl3.x86_64.rpm on Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 2.16.2-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 13027-12137Fixed in: 1.15.13-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 13028-12138Fixed in: 1.15.13-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 13029-12356Fixed in: 2.16.2-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 13030-12356Fixed in: 2.16.2-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 python-tensorboard 2.11.0-3 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 2.16.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 python-tensorboard 2.16.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 2.16.2-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 golang 1.15.13-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 1.15.13-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: golang-1.15.13-1.cm1.x86_64.rpm on CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 1.15.13-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: golang-1.15.13-1.cm1.aarch64.rpm on CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 1.15.13-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/knative-rhel8-operator:1.12.0-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/kn-cli-artifacts-rhel8:0.18.4-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/kourier-control-rhel8:0.18.0-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serverless-operator-bundle:1.12.0-5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serverless-rhel8-operator:1.12.0-4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-activator-rhel8:0.18.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-autoscaler-hpa-rhel8:0.18.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-autoscaler-rhel8:0.18.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-controller-rhel8:0.18.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-queue-rhel8:0.18.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-storage-version-migration-rhel8:0.18.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/serving-webhook-rhel8:0.18.2-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serverless 1 on RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-serverless-clients-0:0.18.4-2.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Developer ToolsFixed in: go-toolset-1.14-0:1.14.12-1.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Developer ToolsFixed in: go-toolset-1.14-golang-0:1.14.12-1.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: go-toolset:rhel8-8030020201118084734.58e1918e
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/svls-must-gather-rhel8:1.12.0-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/client-kn-rhel8:0.18.4-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-apiserver-receive-adapter-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-controller-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-in-memory-channel-controller-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-in-memory-channel-dispatcher-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtbroker-filter-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtbroker-ingress-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtchannel-broker-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-mtping-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-storage-version-migration-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-sugar-controller-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/eventing-webhook-rhel8:0.18.6-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Openshift Serveless 1.12Fixed in: openshift-serverless-1/ingress-rhel8-operator:1.12.0-2
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift ServerlessFixed in: knative-eventing
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: golang

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Jun/CVE-2020-28366

CVE-2020-28366

Jun 11, 2024
redhatCVE-2020-28366Moderate

golang: malicious symbol names can lead to code execution at build time

Nov 12, 2020
microsoft2020-Nov/CVE-2020-28366

Arbitrary code execution in go command with cgo in cmd/go and cmd/cgo

Nov 10, 2020

References

go.dev / cl/269658
go.dev / issue/42559
go.googlesource.com / go/+/062e0e5ce6df339dc26732438ad771f73dbf2292
groups.google.com / g/golang-announce/c/NpBGTTmKzpM
pkg.go.dev / vuln/GO-2022-0475