On Unix systems, opening a file in an os.Root improperly follows symlinks to locations outside of the Root when the final path component of the a path is a symbolic link and the path ends in /. For e…
High CVSS 7.8
Summary
On Unix systems, opening a file in an os.Root improperly follows symlinks to locations outside of the Root when the final path component of the a path is a symbolic link and the path ends in /. For example, 'root.Open("symlink/")' will open "symlink" even when "symlink" is a symbolic link pointing outside of the root.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://go.dev/cl/797880 Patch
- https://go.dev/issue/79005 Issue Tracking
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/OrmQE_Yp5Sc Mailing List
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4970 Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD