VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-8244

CVSS score3.7 LOW
EPSS probability0.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-08-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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.

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