GHSA-6wxm-mpqj-6jpf is a high-severity (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in github.com/golang/glog. A fix is available for github.com/golang/glog — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-6wxm-mpqj-6jpf.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
github.com/golang/glogReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
When logs are written to a widely-writable directory (the default), an unprivileged attacker may predict a privileged process's log file path and pre-create a symbolic link to a sensitive file in its place. When that privileged process runs, it will follow the planted symlink and overwrite that sensitive file. To fix that, glog now causes the program to exit (with status code 2) when it finds that the configured log file already exists.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/golang/glog | all versions | 1.2.4go get github.com/golang/glog@v1.2.4 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/golang/glog, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/golang/glog to 1.2.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-6wxm-mpqj-6jpf is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-6wxm-mpqj-6jpf (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| OCP-Tools-4.12-RHEL-8 | jenkins-0:2.479.3.1740464431-3.el8 | RHSA-2025:2223 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | openshift4/cloud-event-proxy-rhel8:v4.12.0-202507240129.p0.g96af0ec.assembly.stream.el8 | RHSA-2025:12325 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | openshift4/ose-agent-installer-api-server-rhel8:v4.14.0-202508051136.p0.g6df4bf1.assembly.stream.el8 | RHSA-2025:13289 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | openshift4/cloud-event-proxy-rhel8:v4.14.0-202508051136.p0.gd173b63.assembly.stream.el8 | RHSA-2025:13291 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | openshift4/ose-agent-installer-csr-approver-rhel8:v4.15.0-202507282305.p0.gf0b1275.assembly.stream.el8 | RHSA-2025:12370 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | openshift4/ose-cloud-event-proxy-rhel9:v4.15.0-202507291037.p0.g1f58d5e.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2025:12372 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | openshift4/ose-aws-cluster-api-controllers-rhel9:v4.16.0-202507220305.p0.g949f38a.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2025:11681 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | openshift4/ose-agent-installer-api-server-rhel9:v4.16.0-202508042206.p0.g5c16119.assembly.stream.el9 | RHSA-2025:13336 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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