Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-97036

Arbitrary code execution during build on darwin via "-l to_library" in cgo in cmd/go

publishedCWE-88

On Darwin, building a malicious package that uses cgo could cause arbitrary code execution when using the Apple linker due to passing "-l to_library <path>" in a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive. The Apple linker recombines the separated arguments "-l" and "to_library" into "-lto_library", which loads an arbitrary LTO plugin dynamic library at link time. The go command now disallows "-l" followed by "to_library" in "#cgo LDFLAGS", rejects "-lazy_library", "-lazy_framework", "-load_hidden", "-library", and "-library-path", and checks recombined "-l" arguments against disallowed linker flags and patterns.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2026-11-11Source updated 2026-11-11
Collected2026-11-111 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
cmd/go
Go toolchain
cmd/go
https://pkg.go.dev
Platforms: darwin
≥ 0; < 1.26.11 (affected, semver)
≥ 1.27.0-0; < 1.27.4 (affected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Go

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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