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Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-1962 is a denial-of-service issue in Go's go/parser. If software built with affected Go versions parses specially deep Go type or declaration structures, the process can panic from stack exhaustion. This mainly threatens availability, not data theft or modification.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for externally exposed code-analysis, CI, or upload workflows that parse Go source. For trusted internal developer workflows, schedule through normal patch management unless crashes are already observed.
Technical view
The vulnerability is uncontrolled recursion in go/parser Parse functions before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4. Deeply nested types or declarations can exhaust stack space and trigger a panic. The CVSS vector indicates local attack, low complexity, low privileges, no user interaction, and high availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in Go-based tools or services that use go/parser to process untrusted Go source. Internal-only parsing of trusted source code has lower practical risk. The source bundle does not identify specific downstream products or internet-wide exposure.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not report active exploitation, and KEV status is false. The described impact is process crash through parser recursion, not code execution. Treat exploitation evidence as incomplete beyond the public vulnerability description and Go references.
Researcher notes
Focus triage on trust boundaries around Go source parsing. The affected component is the Go standard library go/parser, fixed in Go 1.17.12 and 1.18.4. Avoid broad product claims unless a specific application parses attacker-controlled Go code with vulnerable builds.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade affected Go environments to Go 1.17.12, Go 1.18.4, or later supported releases.
- Rebuild affected binaries that include go/parser after upgrading the Go toolchain.
- Limit parsing of untrusted Go source where immediate upgrading is delayed.
- Check Go vendor guidance and vulnerability database entries for supported release details.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Go versions used to build services, developer tools, and CI utilities.
- Identify components that import or indirectly use go/parser on external input.
- Confirm production binaries were rebuilt with a fixed Go release.
- Review crash logs for parser-related stack exhaustion or unexpected panics.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H1.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://go.dev/cl/417063CVE reference
- https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/695be961d57508da5a82217f7415200a11845879CVE reference
- https://go.dev/issue/53616CVE reference
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/nqrv9fbR0zECVE reference
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0515CVE reference
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CWE details
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Uncontrolled Recursion
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