CVE-2018-6574

Exp

Go before 1.8.7, Go 1.9.x before 1.9.4, and Go 1.10 pre-releases before Go 1.10rc2 allow "go get" remote command execution during source code build, by leveraging the gcc or clang plugin feature, because -fplugin= and -plugin= arguments were not blocked.

Published: 2018-02-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-6574 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.77%, 94th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-6574

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-6574

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-16 7.89% 7.77% -0.12%
2 2026-06-15 36.79% 7.89% -28.90%
3 2026-05-25 — 36.79% —

Full EPSS history (36 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-6574

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-6574

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-6574

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2018-6574: 1 source package rows (go); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-6574
gentoo high CVE-2018-6574: 1 GLSA(s) (201803-03), 1 atom(s) (dev-lang/go); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-6574
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6574
ubuntu low CVE-2018-6574 low priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (golang, golang-1.6, golang-1.7, golang-1.8, golang-1.9), 100 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 86, ignored 5, needs-triage 4, not-affected 2, released 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6574

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-6574

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
golang go <= 1.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go 1.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.10:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.10:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
golang go 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-6574

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