Code injection in Cmd.Start in os/exec before Go 1.17.11 and Go 1.18.3 allows execution of any binaries in the working directory named either "..com" or "..exe" by calling Cmd.Run, Cmd.Start, Cmd.Output, or Cmd.CombinedOutput when Cmd.Path is unset. https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/TzIC9-t8Ytg/m/IWz5T6x7AAAJ https://go.dev/cl/403759 https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/960ffa98ce73ef2c2060c84c7ac28d37a83f345e https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0532 https://go.dev/issue/52574
only affects windows. closing main task as not a bug.