CVE-2024-8244
LOW3.7EPSS 0.15%Published: 8/6/2025Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/golang-1.15from 0
- Debian/golang-1.19from 0
- Debian/golang-1.24from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | LOW3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |