RHSA-2026:5944 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: golang security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · March 26, 2026
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for golang is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The golang packages provide the Go programming language compiler.
Security Fix(es):
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cmd/go: cmd/go: Arbitrary file write via malicious pkg-config directive (CVE-2025-61731)
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net/url: Incorrect parsing of IPv6 host literals in net/url (CVE-2026-25679)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.