CVE-2019-11888
Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction...
Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges.
- Record
CVE-2019-11888- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges.
- Record
CVE-2019-11888- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-3546 No score
Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2019-3546- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8g7j-8p7x-qq3c No score
Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction...
Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges.
- Record
GHSA-8g7j-8p7x-qq3c- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges.
- Record
CVE-2019-11888- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10805-1 No score
go1.12-1.12.17-4.8 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the go1.12-1.12.17-4.8 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10805-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
go1.12openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 18 CVEs |
before 1.12.17-4.8 | 1.12.17-4.8 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-11888 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Golang Go, published May 13, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.69%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/176619
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11888
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8g7j-8p7x-qq3c
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7189
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