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CVE-2025-0913

Inconsistent handling of O_CREATE|O_EXCL on Unix and Windows in os in syscall

CVSS 5.5 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
11 Jun 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
os.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|O_EXCL) behaved differently on Unix and Windows systems when the target path was a dangling symlink. On Unix systems, OpenFile with O_CREATE and O_EXCL flags never follows symlinks. On Windows, when the target path was a symlink to a nonexistent location, OpenFile would create a file in that location. OpenFile now always returns an error when the O_CREATE and O_EXCL flags are both set and the target path is a symlink.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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