8.6

CVE-2025-61732: Potential code smuggling via doc comments in cmd/cgo

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-61732DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61732CGA-2222-8xr2-x6m8
Published 05-02-2026Last modified 10-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-61732 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerability in go toolchain cmd/cgo. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.53%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 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 34 · Related 34

Timeline

  1. 05-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A discrepancy between how Go and C/C++ comments were parsed allowed for code smuggling into the resulting cgo binary.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.01 pp

From 0.54% 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: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard198 products
  • aactl< 0.4.12-r40
  • actions-runner-controller< 0.13.1-r2
  • actions-runner-controller-fips< 0.13.1-r3
  • addon-resizer< 1.8.23-r13
  • addon-resizer-fips< 1.8.23-r15
Alpine2 products
  • etcd< 3.6.8-r0
  • go≥ 1.25.0, < 1.25.7-r0

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