CVE-2022-29526: Medium severity Golang Go vulnerability

Go before 1.17.10 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 has Incorrect Privilege Assignment. When called with a non-zero flags parameter the Faccessat function could incorrectly report that a file is accessible.

— Microsoft

Go before 1.17.10 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 has Incorrect Privilege Assignment. When called with a non-zero flags parameter, the Faccessat function could incorrectly report that a file is accessible.

Go before 1.17.10 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 has Incorrect Privilege Reporting in syscall. When called with a non-zero flags parameter, the Faccessat function could incorrectly report that a file is accessible.

Specific Go Packages Affected golang.org/x/sys/unix

— GitHub

Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the Faccessat function when called with a non-zero flags parameter. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain accessible file information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.

— IBM

We have just released Go versions 1.18.2 and 1.17.10, minor point releases. These minor releases include one security fix following the security policy:

When called with a non-zero flags parameter, the Faccessat function could incorrectly report that a file is accessible.

References: https://go.dev/issue/52313 https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Y5qrqwlWdU

Commits: Master : https://github.com/golang/go/commit/f66925e854e71e0c54b581885380a490d7afa30c Branch.go1.17 : https://github.com/golang/go/commit/04781d14d2d33acbaf70f77e3a58ae0f3c90757c Branch.go1.18 : https://github.com/golang/go/commit/c0599c5b781de023974519194df6b0c4ebb0adff

— Red Hat