HIGH7.8

GO-2022-0532

Empty Cmd.Path can trigger unintended binary in os/exec on Windows

Quick fix

GO-2022-0532 — stdlib: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get stdlib@v1.17.11

Details

On Windows, executing Cmd.Run, Cmd.Start, Cmd.Output, or Cmd.CombinedOutput when Cmd.Path is unset will unintentionally trigger execution of any binaries in the working directory named either "..com" or "..exe".

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Affected packages

Go/stdlib

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.17.11

Fixgo get stdlib@v1.17.11

References

https://go.dev/cl/403759[FIX]
https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/960ffa98ce73ef2c2060c84c7ac28d37a83f345e[FIX]
https://go.dev/issue/52574[REPORT]
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/TzIC9-t8Ytg/m/IWz5T6x7AAAJ[WEB]