# CVE-2026-42503: Accidental binding to INADDR\_ANY might lead to RCE in golang.org/x/tools/gopls

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/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: 0.22.0
- Published: 2026-05-06 · Updated: 2026-05-07

## Affected

- golang.org/x/tools/gopls: from 0.0.0, fixed in 0.22.0

## Description

gopls by default communicates via pipe. However, -port and -listen flags are supported as means of debugging. If -listen is given a value without an explicit host (e.g. :8080), or -port is used, gopls will listen on 0.0.0.0. As a result, users might inadvertently cause gopls to bind 0.0.0.0. This can allow a malicious party on the same network to execute code arbitrarily via gopls.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on golang.org/x/tools/gopls, upgrade to a fixed version (0.22.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://go.dev/issue/79211
- https://go.dev/cl/774381

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