CVE-2026-94445

Malicious user input may lead to RCE in golang.org/x/playground

Published Sep 25, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A malicious txtar could escape the intended execution context and force arbitrary writes to the playground host's trusted filesystem.



Disjointly, one of the three possible paths to invoke go vet on the playground host did not correctly restrict the execution environment. This permitted a Go process to make a read for an environment configuration file rooted in the playground host's $HOME.



Together, a well-crafted go env file and the go vet invocation could lead to remote code execution in the playground host itself.




This does not affect users of go.dev/play directly; however, it may affect independent deployments of golang.org/x/playground.

Remediation

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First Time appeared Golang
Golang playground
Vendors & Products Golang
Golang playground
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Description A malicious txtar could escape the intended execution context and force arbitrary writes to the playground host's trusted filesystem. Disjointly, one of the three possible paths to invoke go vet on the playground host did not correctly restrict the execution environment. This permitted a Go process to make a read for an environment configuration file rooted in the playground host's $HOME. Together, a well-crafted go env file and the go vet invocation could lead to remote code execution in the playground host itself. This does not affect users of go.dev/play directly; however, it may affect independent deployments of golang.org/x/playground.
Title Malicious user input may lead to RCE in golang.org/x/playground
Weaknesses CWE-20
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Go
Published
Updated
Sep 25, 2026, 5:08 PM
Reserved
Sep 21, 2026, 4:43 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 25, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Sep 29, 2026, 9:36 PM