- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 1.26.11, 1.27.4
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
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- Published
- Last modified
- Whether it needs action now or is a reference record, by fixed rules, with why. Last checked is when cve.now last re-read it.What do these mean? →
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- Last checked
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 10/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
The Go toolchain's cmd/go tool is affected by a flaw in how it handles cgo linker flags, which can let a malicious package that uses cgo run arbitrary code when it is linked. Because the bug lies in how linker flags are passed to the host linker, the exact way an attacker reaches it depends on the build path, and no CVSS vector or advisory impact is provided to narrow that down further.
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
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Building a malicious package that uses cgo could cause arbitrary code execution at link time by passing linker script files to the host linker via "#cgo LDFLAGS". Split "-Wl," flags that consume a following argument (such as "-Wl,-rpath", "-Wl,--just-symbols", and "-Wl,-undefined") previously accepted a bare second argument without a "-Wl," prefix, which the compiler driver passes directly to the linker as a positional input file. Additionally, when using GNU ld.bfd, flags such as "-framework", "-Wl,-framework", "-Wl,-undefined", "-Wl,--just-symbols", "-Wl,-R", "-Wl,-subsystem", and (on non-Darwin platforms) "-Wl,-sectcreate" could cause ld.bfd to interpret their arguments as linker scripts if they named a regular file on disk. The go command now requires a "-Wl," prefix on the second token of split "-Wl," flags (except "-Wl,-R"), verifies that these flags do not reference linker script files, and disallows bare "-Wl,--warn-backrefs-exclude".
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure?/25Unknown. No advisory context yet
- Reach10/20Affects Go packages
- Severity?/10Unknown. No CVSS score or vendor rating
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 65 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 60 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 32 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.26.11, 1.27.4.
Check your systems with an agent
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Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-97037 (Linker script injection via split -Wl, flags and Darwin or symbol linker flags in cgo in cmd/go), using the cve.now data below. Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only. What cve.now has for CVE-2026-97037 (entry last updated 2026-11-11): Affected: - Go package cmd/go: fixed in 1.26.11; from 1.27.0-0, fixed in 1.27.4 - Go package toolchain: fixed in 1.26.11; from 1.27.0-0, fixed in 1.27.4 Fixed versions: 1.26.11, 1.27.4. Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory. CISA KEV: CVE-2026-97037 is not listed as of cve.now's last read. This KEV status is for CVE-2026-97037 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one. How to check: - Packages (Go): find every lockfile in each project and run check_stack from the cve.now MCP server on each one. Compare the resolved versions, not the ranges a manifest declares, with the affected versions above. Include transitive dependencies. Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one: - https://go.dev/cl/862150 - https://go.dev/issue/82573 - https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/iY8TY0wWgbM - https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6854 Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing. Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action. Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-97037 For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example get_vulnerability with id CVE-2026-97037.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- cmd/goGo
fixed in 1.26.11; From 1.27.0-0 · fixed in 1.27.4
fixed in 1.26.11; From 1.27.0-0 · fixed in 1.27.4
Evidence 6
CVE record · 2
Establishes: The identifier and description.
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Corrections
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Questions about CVE-2026-97037
Is CVE-2026-97037 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-97037?
cmd/go (Go): before 1.26.11; from 1.27.0-0 before 1.27.4. toolchain (Go): before 1.26.11; from 1.27.0-0 before 1.27.4.Source: cve.now feed data
How do I fix CVE-2026-97037?
Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.26.11, 1.27.4.Source: cve.now feed data