# CVE-2025-61731: Arbitrary file write using cgo pkg-config directive in cmd/go

- Also known as: GO-2026-4339, BIT-GOLANG-2025-61731
- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.24.12, 1.25.6
- Published: 2026-01-28 · Updated: 2026-09-10

## Affected

- cmd/go: fixed in 1.24.12; from 1.25.0, fixed in 1.25.6
- toolchain (Go): fixed in 1.24.12; from 1.25.0, fixed in 1.25.6

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cmd/go, toolchain, upgrade to a fixed version (1.24.12, 1.25.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- 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

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