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CVE-2023-45285 (GCVE-0-2023-45285)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-06 16:27 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:14
VLAI
Title
Command 'go get' may unexpectedly fallback to insecure git in cmd/go
Summary
Using go get to fetch a module with the ".git" suffix may unexpectedly fallback to the insecure "git://" protocol if the module is unavailable via the secure "https://" and "git+ssh://" protocols, even if GOINSECURE is not set for said module. This only affects users who are not using the module proxy and are fetching modules directly (i.e. GOPROXY=off).
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-636 - Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Go toolchain cmd/go Affected: 0 , < 1.20.12 (semver)
Affected: 1.21.0-0 , < 1.21.5 (semver)
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Credits
David Leadbeater
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