CVE-2024-8244
Walk/WalkDir in path/filepath susceptible to symlink race
Vexday Risk Score
8Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 3.7EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
06 Aug 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Go standard library · path/filepathWant to know if your infrastructure is exposed to this?
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