CVE-2022-41716 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Go applications on Windows, specifically within the syscall.StartProcess and os/exec.Cmd functions. It allows attackers to maliciously set arbitrary environment variables due to unsanitized NUL values in environment variable strings. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) and could lead to high integrity impact, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.18.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.19.0, < 1.19.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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