# CVE-2025-22867: Arbitrary code execution during build on darwin in cmd/go

- Also known as: GO-2025-3428, BIT-GOLANG-2025-22867
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.24.0-rc.3
- Published: 2025-02-06 · Updated: 2025-02-06

## Affected

- cmd/go: from 1.24.0-rc.2, fixed in 1.24.0-rc.3
- toolchain (Go): from 1.24.0-rc.2, fixed in 1.24.0-rc.3

## Description

On Darwin, building a Go module which contains CGO can trigger arbitrary code execution when using the Apple version of ld, due to usage of the @executable_path, @loader_path, or @rpath special values in a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive. This issue only affected go1.24rc2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cmd/go, toolchain, upgrade to a fixed version (1.24.0-rc.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://go.dev/cl/646996
- https://go.dev/issue/71476
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/TYzikTgHK6Y
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3428

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