8.8

CVE-2024-45340: GOAUTH credential leak in cmd/go

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-45340DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45340GO-2025-3383
Published 28-01-2025Last modified 30-01-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-45340 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in go toolchain cmd/go. EPSS estimates a 0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.71%
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 5 · Related 5
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14693-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14710-1SUSE-SU-2025:0285-1SUSE-SU-2025:0297-1SUSE-SU-2025:0429-1

Timeline

  1. 28-01-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Credentials provided via the new GOAUTH feature were not being properly segmented by domain, allowing a malicious server to request credentials they should not have access to. By default, unless otherwise set, this only affected credentials stored in the users .netrc file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.71% 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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Ubuntu14 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)
Debian1 product
  • golang-1.24< 1.24~rc2-1
Go1 product
  • toolchain≥ 1.24.0-0, < 1.24.0-rc.2
Go toolchain1 product
  • cmd/go≥ 1.24.0-0, < 1.24.0-rc.2

4 vendors · 17 products

References

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