golang — security advisory

{
  "id": "fc8650916d846ef13960aa08ff9d09061d3bf660b4f186725cf585a3d1706ceb",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-golang-2021-44717",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "BIT-golang-2021-44717",
    "summary": "Go before 1.16.12 and 1.17.x before 1.17.5 on UNIX allows write operations to an unintended file or unintended network connection as a consequence of erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-golang-2021-44717",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "golang",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.16.12",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "1.17.5",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-golang-2021-44717",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-golang-2021-44717",
        "CVE-2021-44717",
        "GO-2022-0289"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.16.12"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "1.17.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.17.5"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "golang",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/golang",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V3",
              "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/golang/BIT-golang-2021-44717.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-16T09:45:09.447163808Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/hcmEScgc00k",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00016.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00017.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44717"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Medium"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-44717",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 338179,
  "published_at": "2024-03-06T11:03:19.793+00:00"
}