CVE-2025-61731

Description

Building a malicious file with cmd/go can cause can cause a write to an attacker-controlled file with partial control of the file content. The "#cgo pkg-config:" directive in a Go source file provides command-line arguments to provide to the Go pkg-config command. An attacker can provide a "--log-file" argument to this directive, causing pkg-config to write to an attacker-controlled location.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.56%• Percentile: 46%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-88•Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

  The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.

Affected Systems

• chainguard•aactl

  < 0.4.12-r40

• chainguard•actions-runner-controller

  < 0.13.1-r1 | < 0.13.1-r3

• chainguard•actions-runner-controller-fips

  < 0.13.1-r1 | < 0.13.1-r5

• chainguard•age

  < 1.3.1-r3 | < 1.3.1-r1

• chainguard•age-fips

  < 1.3.1-r3 | < 1.3.1-r1

• chainguard•agentbeat

  < 9.2.4-r1

• chainguard•agentbeat-fips

  < 9.2.4-r1

• chainguard•amass

  < 5.0.1-r7 | < 5.0.1-r4

• chainguard•amazon-cloudwatch-agent-amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-wizard-fips

  < 1.300064.1-r0

• chainguard•amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-downloader-fips

  < 1.300064.0-r1

• chainguard•amazon-cloudwatch-agent-config-translator-fips

  < 1.300064.1-r0 | < 1.300064.0-r1

• chainguard•amazon-cloudwatch-agent-operator

  < 3.3.1-r1

• chainguard•amazon-cloudwatch-agent-operator-fips

  < 3.3.2-r0 | < 3.3.1-r1

• chainguard•amazon-k8s-cni-fips

  < 1.21.1-r6 | < 1.21.1-r3

• chainguard•amazon-k8s-cni-init-fips

  < 1.21.1-r6 | < 1.21.1-r3

• chainguard•amazon-k8s-cni-init-fips-compat

  < 1.21.1-r6 | < 1.21.1-r3

• chainguard•amazon-ssm-agent-ecs-exec-fips

  < 3.3.3270.0-r7 | < 3.3.3270.0-r4

• chainguard•amazon-ssm-agent-fips

  < 3.3.3270.0-r4 | < 3.3.3270.0-r7

• chainguard•amazon-vpc-cni-plugins

  < 1.3_git20251112-r5 | < 1.3_git20251112-r4

• chainguard•amazon-vpc-cni-plugins-fips

  < 1.3_git20251112-r4 | < 1.3_git20251112-r6

• chainguard•apache-exporter

  < 1.0.12-r3

• chainguard•apm-server-7.17

  < 7.17.29-r10

• chainguard•apm-server-8.17

  < 8.17.10-r6 | < 8.17.10-r5

• chainguard•apm-server-8.18

  < 8.18.8-r4 | < 8.18.8-r5

• chainguard•apm-server-8.19

  < 8.19.12-r1

• chainguard•apm-server-9.0

  < 9.0.8-r3

• chainguard•apm-server-9.1

  < 9.1.10-r1

• chainguard•apm-server-fips-7.17

  < 7.17.29-r8

• chainguard•apm-server-fips-8.17

  < 8.17.10-r4

• chainguard•apm-server-fips-8.18

  < 8.18.8-r5 | < 8.18.8-r3

• chainguard•apm-server-fips-8.19

  < 8.19.10-r1

• chainguard•apm-server-fips-9.0

  < 9.0.8-r5

• chainguard•argo-cd-2.14

  < 2.14.21-r9 | < 2.14.21-r5

• chainguard•argo-cd-2.14-compat

  < 2.14.21-r9 | < 2.14.21-r5

• chainguard•argo-cd-3.0

  < 3.0.23-r0

• chainguard•argo-cd-3.0-compat

  < 3.0.23-r3 | < 3.0.23-r0

• chainguard•argo-cd-fips-2.14

  < 2.14.21-r8

• chainguard•argo-cd-fips-2.14-compat

  < 2.14.21-r5

• chainguard•argo-rollouts-fips

  < 1.8.4-r3 | < 1.8.3-r8

• chainguard•auditbeat-8.19

  < 8.19.10-r1

• chainguard•auditbeat-9.0

  < 9.0.8-r5

• chainguard•auditbeat-9.1

  < 9.1.10-r1

• chainguard•auditbeat-9.2

  < 9.2.4-r1

• chainguard•auditbeat-fips-7

  < 7.17.29-r11 | < 7.17.29-r9

• chainguard•auditbeat-fips-8.18

  < 8.18.8-r4

• chainguard•auditbeat-fips-8.19

  < 8.19.10-r1

• chainguard•auditbeat-fips-9.0

  < 9.0.8-r4

• chainguard•authservice

  < 1.1.5-r3

• chainguard•authservice-fips

  < 1.1.5-r1

• chainguard•aws-ebs-csi-driver-fips-1.50

  < 1.50.3-r2

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References (44)

• https://go.dev/cl/736711
• https://go.dev/issue/77100
• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Vd2tYVM8eUc
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4339
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61731
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2434433
• https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-61731.json
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5943
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5941
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6949
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7878
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7879
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7876
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7877
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7883
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7833
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7834
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5944
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5942
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7385
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7291
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12282
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14100
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21691
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15091
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14774
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20088
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5907
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12118
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5133
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13736
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4434
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3855
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3559
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3556
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5948
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5950
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5952
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17598
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8448
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-61731
• https://pkg.go.dev
• https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/61xxx/CVE-2025-61731.json
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61731