CVE-2022-29804 (GCVE-0-2022-29804)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 06:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Path traversal via Clean on Windows in path/filepath
Summary
Incorrect conversion of certain invalid paths to valid, absolute paths in Clean in path/filepath before Go 1.17.11 and Go 1.18.3 on Windows allows potential directory traversal attack.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go standard library | path/filepath |
Affected:
0 , < 1.17.11
(semver)
Affected: 1.18.0-0 , < 1.18.3 (semver) |
guessed |
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