fkie_cve-2024-8244
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-08-06 16:15
Modified
2025-11-03 20:17
Severity ?
3.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
The filepath.Walk and filepath.WalkDir functions are documented as not following symbolic links, but both functions are susceptible to a TOCTOU (time of check/time of use) race condition where a portion of the path being walked is replaced with a symbolic link while the walk is in progress.
References
security@golang.orghttps://go.dev/issue/70007
security@golang.orghttps://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-9999
Impacted products
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      "value": "The filepath.Walk and filepath.WalkDir functions are documented as not following symbolic links, but both functions are susceptible to a TOCTOU (time of check/time of use) race condition where a portion of the path being walked is replaced with a symbolic link while the walk is in progress."
    },
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      "value": "Las funciones filepath.Walk y filepath.WalkDir est\u00e1n documentadas como que no siguen enlaces simb\u00f3licos, pero ambas funciones son susceptibles a una condici\u00f3n de ejecuci\u00f3n TOCTOU (tiempo de verificaci\u00f3n/tiempo de uso) donde una parte de la ruta que se est\u00e1 recorriendo se reemplaza con un enlace simb\u00f3lico mientras el recorrido est\u00e1 en progreso."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2024-8244",
  "lastModified": "2025-11-03T20:17:04.933",
  "metrics": {
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          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 3.7,
          "baseSeverity": "LOW",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
          "version": "3.1"
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        "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
        "type": "Secondary"
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  "published": "2025-08-06T16:15:28.080",
  "references": [
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      "source": "security@golang.org",
      "url": "https://go.dev/issue/70007"
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      "source": "security@golang.org",
      "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-9999"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "security@golang.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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