Bug 2434433 (CVE-2025-61731) - CVE-2025-61731 cmd/go: cmd/go: Arbitrary file write via malicious pkg-config directive
Summary: CVE-2025-61731 cmd/go: cmd/go: Arbitrary file write via malicious pkg-config ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-61731
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-01-28 20:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-08 00:29 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:5941 0 None None None 2026-03-26 13:36:46 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:5942 0 None None None 2026-03-26 13:48:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:5943 0 None None None 2026-03-26 13:44:12 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:5944 0 None None None 2026-03-26 14:00:38 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:6949 0 None None None 2026-04-08 00:29:31 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-28 20:02:08 UTC 
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.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-26 13:36:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:5941 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5941
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-26 13:44:10 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:5943 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5943
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-26 13:48:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:5942 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5942
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-26 14:00:36 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:5944 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5944
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2026-04-08 00:29:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:6949 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6949
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