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CVE-2017-8932

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8932 is a bug in the Go standard library's P-256 ScalarMult implementation on amd64 architectures, affecting Go versions before 1.7.6 and 1.8.2, as well as products from fedoraproject, golang, novell, and opensuse. The vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.9, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity that could lead to full key recovery in static ECDH, particularly impacting JWT libraries. While the potential for sensitive information disclosure is high, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0222 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: golang-0:1.8.3-1.el7
View patch
susepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3Fixed in: golang
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational ToolsFixed in: golang
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational ToolsFixed in: golang

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-8932Moderate

golang: Elliptic curves carry propagation issue in x86-64 P-256

May 23, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2017-06/msg00079.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2017-06/msg00080.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1859
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / golang/go/commit/9294fa2749ffee7edbbb817a0ef9fe633136fa9c
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / golang/go/issues/20040
Third Party Advisory
go-review.googlesource.com / c/41070
Vendor Advisory
groups.google.com / d/msg/golang-announce/B5ww0iFt1_Q/TgUFJV14BgAJ
Vendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LZH4T47ROLZ6YEZBDVXVS2KISTDMXAPS