Checksum bypass for golang.org/fips140 in cmd/go
Previously, a user operating inside of a malicious Go project that defines a bogus golang.org/fips140 and operates a malicious GOMODPROXY the user chooses to connect to can serve an arbitrary module in its place. We now unpack the trusted ziphash for the bundled golang.org/fips140 module and construct its entry in the GOMODCACHE such that it can be verified by the toolchain.
- Products
- toolchain
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.26.9, 1.27.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-94444
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 20:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Checksum bypass for golang.org/fips140 in cmd/go
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 8 Oct 2026, 22:31 UTC
Previously, a user operating inside of a malicious Go project that defines a bogus golang.org/fips140 and operates a malicious GOMODPROXY the user chooses to connect to can serve an arbitrary module in its place. We now unpack the trusted ziphash for the bundled golang.org/fips140 module and construct its entry in the GOMODCACHE such that it can be verified by the toolchain.
osv:GO-2026-6601
toolchain
Fixed versions: 1.26.9, 1.27.2
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2026-6601",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Checksum bypass for golang.org/fips140 in cmd/go",
"summary": "Previously, a user operating inside of a malicious Go project that defines a bogus golang.org/fips140 and operates a malicious GOMODPROXY the user chooses to connect to can serve an arbitrary module in its place. We now unpack the trusted ziphash for the bundled golang.org/fips140 module and construct its entry in the GOMODCACHE such that it can be verified by the toolchain.",
"evidence": "osv:GO-2026-6601",
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"severity": "unknown",
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"BIT-golang-2026-94444",
"CVE-2026-94444",
"GO-2026-6601"
],
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"modified": "2026-10-16T09:55:40.956784377Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://go.dev/cl/840685",
"https://go.dev/issue/81833",
"https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/U2fTuyDJznI"
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"review_status": "REVIEWED"
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 338690,
"published_at": "2026-10-08T22:31:09+00:00"
}