CVE-2025-22873 (GCVE-0-2025-22873)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-04 23:05 – Updated: 2026-02-05 15:03
VLAI?
Title
Improper access to parent directory of root in os
Summary
It was possible to improperly access the parent directory of an os.Root by opening a filename ending in "../". For example, Root.Open("../") would open the parent directory of the Root. This escape only permits opening the parent directory itself, not ancestors of the parent or files contained within the parent.
Severity ?
3.8 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
Assigner
Go
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Go standard library os Affected: 0 , < 1.23.9 (semver)
Affected: 1.24.0-0 , < 1.24.3 (semver)
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Credits
Dan Sebastian Thrane of SDU eScience Center
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