CVE-2012-2666

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2012-2666 · Published 09/07/2021 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-2666 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting go (golang).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 80.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
go golang	`= 1.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

golang/go in 1.0.2 fixes all.bash on shared machines. dotest() in src/pkg/debug/gosym/pclntab_test.go creates a temporary file with predicable name and executes it as shell script.

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
codereview.appspot.com/5992078 · Exploit
golang/go commit 8ac275b · Patch
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0009 · Third Party Advisory
whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-2666 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

golang

= 1.0.2

No fix yet

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