{"id":"CVE-2018-12976","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-12976","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:48:59.883Z","title":"In Go Doc Dot Org (gddo) through 2018-06-27, an attacker could use specially crafted <go-import> tags in packages being fetched by gddo to cause a directory traversal and remote code execution.","description":"In Go Doc Dot Org (gddo) through 2018-06-27, an attacker could use specially crafted <go-import> tags in packages being fetched by gddo to cause a directory traversal and remote code execution.","published":"2018-07-05T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:38:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["godoc/go doc dot org"],"epss":{"score":0.0447,"percentile":0.914,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/golang/gddo/commit/daffe1f90ec57f8ed69464f9094753fc6452e983","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/golang-announce/4rpTbfzYB1k/no6MEwlQAwAJ","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/golang/gddo/commit/daffe1f90ec57f8ed69464f9094753fc6452e983","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/golang-announce/4rpTbfzYB1k/no6MEwlQAwAJ","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12976","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}