Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2026-3172
Advisory Released Date: 2026-02-19
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-02-19
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A discrepancy between how Go and C/C++ comments were parsed allowed for code smuggling into the resulting cgo binary. (CVE-2025-61732)
Affected Packages:
golang
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update golang or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3172 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
golang-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
golang-bin-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
golang-shared-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
noarch:
golang-docs-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
golang-misc-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
golang-tests-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
golang-src-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
src:
golang-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
golang-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
golang-bin-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
golang-shared-1.24.13-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64