CVE-2025-61731
Arbitrary file write using cgo pkg-config directive in cmd/go
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.4%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
28 Jan 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
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