On Darwin, users trust preferences for root certificates were not honored. If the user had a root certificate loaded in their Keychain that was explicitly not trusted, a Go program would still verify a connection using that root certificate.
Weakness
The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | Golang | * | 1.6.4 (excluding) |
| Go | Golang | 1.7 (including) | 1.7.4 (excluding) |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/18141
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/33721/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/golang-dev/4NdLzS8sls8/uIz8QlnIBQAJ
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/18141
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/33721/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/golang-dev/4NdLzS8sls8/uIz8QlnIBQAJ