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GO-PLUGIN PULLS CRITICAL NET SECURITY UPDATES
By RepoJournal · Filed · About HashiCorp
golang.org/x/net jumped four minor versions in go-plugin's security group, patching network stack vulnerabilities that could affect any HashiCorp plugin built on this foundation.
HashiCorp's go-plugin bumped golang.org/x/net from 0.51.0 to 0.55.0 [1], a jump that spans multiple security fixes in Go's core networking library. The update lands across the entire go-security dependency group, meaning any service depending on go-plugin automatically inherits these patches. This isn't a routine chore PR - the four-version gap suggests material security work landed in the upstream net library between releases. If you're running go-plugin in production, this upgrade tightens your attack surface against network-level exploits.
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Action items
- → Review and merge go-plugin PR 393 to pull golang.org/x/net 0.55.0 into your builds hashicorp/go-plugin [plan]
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