SWIG cgo filename execution in Go cmd/go <1.26.2
CVE-2026-27140 Published on April 8, 2026

Code execution vulnerability in SWIG code generation in cmd/go
SWIG file names containing 'cgo' and well-crafted payloads could lead to code smuggling and arbitrary code execution at build time due to trust layer bypass.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-27140 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Improper Restriction of Names for Files and Other Resources

The application constructs the name of a file or other resource using input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the resulting name. This may produce resultant weaknesses. For instance, if the names of these resources contain scripting characters, it is possible that a script may get executed in the client's browser if the application ever displays the name of the resource on a dynamically generated web page. Alternately, if the resources are consumed by some application parser, a specially crafted name can exploit some vulnerability internal to the parser, potentially resulting in execution of arbitrary code on the server machine. The problems will vary based on the context of usage of such malformed resource names and whether vulnerabilities are present in or assumptions are made by the targeted technology that would make code execution possible.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-27140

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GoLang Go
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
 
Red Hat Rhel Aus
 
Red Hat Rhel Eus Long Life
 
Red Hat Rhel E4s
 
Red Hat Rhel Tus
 
Red Hat Rhel Eus
 
Red Hat Openshift
 
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization
 
Red Hat Service Mesh
 
Red Hat Hummingbird
 

Affected Versions

Go toolchain cmd/go: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9): Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3: Red Hat Hardened Images:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.53%
Percentile
40.64%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.