CVE-2025-61731
Arbitrary file write using cgo pkg-config directive in cmd/go
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.01%
Description
Building a malicious file with cmd/go can cause can cause a write to an attacker-controlled file with partial control of the file content. The "#cgo pkg-config:" directive in a Go source file provides command-line arguments to provide to the Go pkg-config command. An attacker can provide a "--log-file" argument to this directive, causing pkg-config to write to an attacker-controlled location.
How to fix CVE-2025-61731
To remediate CVE-2025-61731, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.24.12 or later
- —no fix listed
- —no fix listed
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.25.6-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.24.12 or later
Is CVE-2025-61731 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (6)
- from 0, < 1.24.12, >= 1.25.0, < 1.25.6
- from 0
- from 0
- from 0
- from 0, < 1.25.6-1
- from 0, < 1.24.12, >= 1.25.0, < 1.25.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |