{"id":"CVE-2023-45285","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-45285","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:15:43.784Z","title":"Using go get to fetch a module with the \".git\" suffix may unexpectedly fallback to the insecure \"git://\" protocol if the module is unavailable via the secure \"https://\" and \"git+ssh://\" protocols, even if GOINSECURE is not set for said module.","description":"Using go get to fetch a module with the \".git\" suffix may unexpectedly fallback to the insecure \"git://\" protocol if the module is unavailable via the secure \"https://\" and \"git+ssh://\" protocols, even if GOINSECURE is not set for said module. This only affects users who are not using the module proxy and are fetching modules directly (i.e. GOPROXY=off).","published":"2023-12-06T17:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:28:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@golang.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["golang/go"],"epss":{"score":0.01137,"percentile":0.66332,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (1.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://go.dev/cl/540257","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security@golang.org"},{"url":"https://go.dev/issue/63845","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@golang.org"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/6ypN5EjibjM/m/KmLVYH_uAgAJ","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@golang.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIU6HOGV6RRIKWM57LOXQA75BGZSIH6G/","source":"security@golang.org"},{"url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-2383","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@golang.org"},{"url":"https://go.dev/cl/540257","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://go.dev/issue/63845","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/6ypN5EjibjM/m/KmLVYH_uAgAJ","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIU6HOGV6RRIKWM57LOXQA75BGZSIH6G/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-2383","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45285","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."}