7.5

CVE-2022-23773: golang go Interpretation Conflict

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-23773DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23773GO-2022-0318
Published 11-02-2022Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-23773 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Interpretation Conflict vulnerability in golang go. EPSS estimates a 2.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.68%
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 13 · Related 6
MGASA-2022-0091OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0723-1OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0724-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11843-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11844-1RHSA-2022:1819

Timeline

  1. 11-02-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

cmd/go in Go before 1.16.14 and 1.17.x before 1.17.7 can misinterpret branch names that falsely appear to be version tags. This can lead to incorrect access control if an actor is supposed to be able to create branches but not tags.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.68% 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.

Ubuntu8 products
  • golang-1.10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.14All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.16All versions (No fix recorded)
  • golang-1.17All versions (No fix recorded)
Netapp4 products
Alpine1 product
  • go≥ 1.17.0, < 1.16.15-r0 | ≥ 1.17.0, < 1.17.9-r0 | ≥ 1.17.0, < 1.17.7-r0
Debian1 product
  • golang-1.15< 1.15.15-1~deb11u3
Go1 product
  • toolchain≥ 1.17.0-0, < 1.17.7
Golang1 product
  • go< 1.16.14 | ≥ 1.17.0, < 1.17.7

6 vendors · 16 products

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