7.5

CVE-2021-39293: golang go

Modified
AliasesSUSE-RU-2021:3315-1SUSE-SU-2021:3292-1UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39293
Published 24-01-2022Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-39293 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in golang go. EPSS estimates a 6.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 7% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.93%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 1
DLA-2891-1DLA-2892-1DLA-3395-1MGASA-2021-0475OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10809-1RHSA-2022:0432

Timeline

  1. 24-01-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In archive/zip in Go before 1.16.8 and 1.17.x before 1.17.1, a crafted archive header (falsely designating that many files are present) can cause a NewReader or OpenReader panic. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2021-33196.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.93%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 6.93% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse4 products
  • go1.16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2< 1.16.8-1.26.1
  • go1.16&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3< 1.16.8-1.26.1
  • go1.17&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2< 1.17.1-1.3.1
  • go1.17&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3< 1.17.1-1.3.1
Opensuse3 products
  • go1.16&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.2< 1.16.8-lp152.11.1
  • go1.16&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 1.16.8-1.26.1
  • go1.17&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.17.1-1.1
Ubuntu2 products
  • golang-1.16All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.8All versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine1 product
  • go≥ 1.17.0, < 1.16.8-r0 | ≥ 1.17.0, < 1.17.1-r0
Debian1 product
  • golang-1.15< 1.15.15-1~deb11u1
Go1 product
  • stdlib≥ 1.17.0-0, < 1.17.1
Golang1 product
  • go< 1.16.8 | ≥ 1.17.0, < 1.17.1
Netapp1 product

8 vendors · 14 products

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