Downloading and building modules with malicious version strings can cause local code execution. On systems with Mercurial (hg) installed, downloading modules from non-standard sources (e.g., custom domains) can cause unexpected code execution due to how external VCS commands are constructed. This issue can also be triggered by providing a malicious version string to the toolchain. On systems with Git installed, downloading and building modules with malicious version strings can allow an attacker to write to arbitrary files on the filesystem. This can only be triggered by explicitly providing the malicious version strings to the toolchain and does not affect usage of @latest or bare module paths.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68119 is rated Low Risk (28.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2026-01-29 | — | 0.01% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.0 | 5.9 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2025-68119: 1 source package rows (go); 90 state rows across 2 repos (3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 2, open 88. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-68119 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-68119 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 4 source packages (golang-1.15, golang-1.19, golang-1.24, golang-1.25), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68119 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68119 |
suse
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high | CVE-2025-68119 severity important: SUSE including 97 source package names (13.2-9.1:curl-8.6.0-5.1, 13.2-9.1:iputils-20221126-6.1, …), 520 product×package rows across 65 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (65 product lines)): Fixed 450, Known Not Affected 56, First Fixed 14. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68119/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-68119 medium priority: Ubuntu including 16 source packages (golang, golang-1.10, …), 82 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 49, DNE 33. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68119 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://go.dev/cl/736710 | Patch |
| https://go.dev/issue/77099 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Vd2tYVM8eUc | Release Notes Mailing List |
| https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4338 | Vendor Advisory |