RHSA-2026:16694 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for the go-toolset:rhel8 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.

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

Go Toolset provides the Go programming language tools and libraries. Go is alternatively known as golang.

Security Fix(es):

• cmd/go: golang: Go (golang) and cmd/go: Arbitrary Code Execution via malicious SWIG file names (CVE-2026-27140)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2456341 - CVE-2026-27140 cmd/go: golang: Go (golang) and cmd/go: Arbitrary Code Execution via malicious SWIG file names

CVEs

• CVE-2026-27140

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important